Also, most printers tach rather generic memory... Joseph's HP takes standerd 72pin non-parity simms... I think I still have a bag of 8mb's I use for keychains ;) Or I could take some 16mb's from my dead 233 machine (yes the 6p will take EDO mem as well) :) These days I think it is mostly 168pin 100MHz SDRAM DIMMs which as also dirt cheep... So if it has an expansion salot or offers a memory upgrade, do not fear using generic memory.. printers are typicly nothing special and after market upgrades are cheep. On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > I've been running an HP 6P with 9M RAM for about 6-7 years. The amount > of RAM generally needs to fit the following formula: > > ((^2 * 12) + ( * 200k))/1048576 = > minimum RAM in MB. > > Some printers are more, or less, efficient when using RAM, but the above > makes a good rule of thumb. > > If you don't know how many soft fonts you'll generally use, assume 5 for > business, 10 for home use, 20 for graphic artists or desktop publishing. > > You can often get by with less, but really complex pages, or large > graphics, may fail to print. > > If you're using Postscript, add 8-16MB to the above for page processing > > If the Laser supports color, quadruple the RAM required. > > If you're using an HP with a JetDirect card, you should add another > 8-16MB, per HP's recommendations, for network spooling. > > > Alex Dean wrote: > > > I'm considering getting away from my current Canon inkjet (which I > > hate) and getting a laser printer. I have one question for those of > > you knowlegeable about such things... > > How much memory should I be looking for? Most of the cheaper ones > > come with 16MB, and some are not upgradable. Is that enough? > > > > I know 'enough' is relative, so here's my situation. The printer is > > for home use. It will be hooked up to a local network and serving 3 > > different computers. (Win, Lin, and Mac) I'll be printing less than > > 500 pages per month, mostly text but also some graphics. > > > > thanks, > > alex > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss