Specifications

1.5 Memory Options
1.5 Memory Options
Font memory is an area of printer memory that stores downline-loaded fonts.
Once stored in font memory, the font stays until the printer is powered down.
Print jobs that downline-load many fonts expand the size of font memory until
memory overflow errors occur.
To deal with memory overflow errors, customers can increase font memory by
installing single in-line memory modules (SIMMs) or an optional hard disk
assembly.
1.5.1 Optional Hard Disk
The optional hard disk expands font memory by 127 non-volatile MB. The
downline-loaded fonts remain in the printer through power cycles. Storing
fonts on the disk leaves the RAM free for other needs.
The disk is customer installable and the disk formatting procedure is automatic
and interactive. See the following locations for additional information:
• Section 4.11 contains the formatting procedure.
• Section 6.11 contains the hard disk display messages and FIP.
• Section 9.6 contains the hard disk assembly removal and replacement
procedure.
1.5.2 Expansion Memory
The video controller board has two expansion memory (SIMM) slots. Each
slot can hold a 4-, 16-, or 32-MB SIMM. The additional RAM increases the
available RAM to the video controller board. See the removal/replacement
procedure in Section 9.14 to install a SIMM.
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