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From: mr@ogre (Michael Regoli)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Adobe's New HPII PS Cart (Query)
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Date: 15 Aug 90 19:06:32 GMT
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In <28514@netnews.upenn.edu> jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George
Jefferson ) writes:

>Question: The guy told me that you need 2MB ram (total) for
>          8.5x11 printing on a HPIII (ok).  Then he told me
>          that any ram over 2Mb would not be used at all (!)
>          Can someone confirm/explain this to me?

The HP LJIII PostScript Cartridge User's Guide says that with the
PS cartridge/2Mb upgrade card installed, more RAM than 3,072K in
the printer "MAY enhance performance."  (Recall that the III comes
with 1Mb standard on board.)  Take it for what it's worth, I guess.

What he probably meant was that if you weren't using PostScript or
doing full page graphics, the extended memory isn't necessary (and
therefore would not be used).

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