Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!hoss!price From: price@helios.unl.edu (Chad Price) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Laserjet - out of memory Message-ID: Date: 3 Feb 91 00:32:55 GMT References: <1368@ssp18.idca.tds.philips.nl> Sender: news@hoss.unl.edu (Network News Administer) Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln Lines: 23 jvl@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (J. van Loenen) writes: >Hi! >I'm using a graphic program at home and print to disk using a laserjet-II >driver. The resulting dump file (one file a page) will be about 950k. The >file will probably hold an uncompressed image, 'cause ZOO will reduce it >by about 96%. >When I copy the file to the printer (a laserjet III with 1M internal memory), >the printer shows error 20 - out of memory, and ejects the paper. The image >is printed for about 70-80%. >As a pageprinter will build up a complete image of a page always, its internal >memory must be big enough. So I guess the commands in my dump file are too >complex. >It there a way around this problem other than installing more memory? >(eg. the LJ-III will accept compressed data. Does a program exist converting >a datafile into a compressed datafile?) The laserjet does not make all of its installed memory available for images. You will probably need to install more memory. chad price price@fergvax.unl.edu