Tektronix 480X Printer User Manual


 
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Expanding Your Printing System
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Phaser 480X Color Printer
Advantages of adding memory
In general, more memory improves throughput, provides more storage for
downloadable fonts, and allows printing of the most complex images.
Additional memory can also reduce ofßoad time by increasing the size of
input buffers for all ports.
Memory configurations for Phaser 480X printers
Memory Total Memory Performance
Standard 32 Mbytes Supports 3-Color printing on
B (Tabloid), A3 (Metric Tabloid),
and WB (Tabloid Extra).
Supports 4-Color printing on
A (U.S. Letter) and A4 (Metric
Letter).
Add one 16-Mbyte SIMM 48 Mbytes Minimum requirement for 4-Color
printing on large format media.
Add one 32-Mbyte SIMM 64 Mbytes Additional I/O buffer capacity and
extra processor cache memory
for throughput that is up to two
times faster.
Add two 32-Mbyte SIMMs 96 Mbytes Minimum requirement for
recomposing color separations.
Add two 32-Mbyte SIMMs
and one 16-Mbyte SIMMs
112 Mbytes (max.) Optimum performance.