Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!emory!att!cbnewsj!mec From: mec@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (michael.e.connick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: LaserJet IIP Caveat Message-ID: <887@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> Date: 25 Sep 89 20:49:23 GMT References:Reply-To: mec@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (michael.e.connick,mt,) Distribution: comp.sys.mac Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 21 In article alms@cambridge.apple.com (Andrew L. M. Shalit) writes: > I just found out that the default configuration of the HP LaserJet IIP > (512K ram) is only enough to print 1/2 page of graphics at 300 dpi. > I guess I already knew that. What I didn't know is that this *might* > mean that I can't print a full page of 300 dpi text without first > getting memory upgrade. The memory upgrade is not cheap. ($500 list, > ~$370 discounted, for a meg). Don't worry about the amount of memory the IIP contains. Our DeskJet has only 16K of memory and it prints out complete pages of graphics at 300 dpi using the MacPrint driver. The driver divides the QuickDraw image up into bands in your Macintosh's memory. It sends the bands to the printer one at a time, not all at once. With 512K of memory, it just means that the driver can dump that much into the printer before it has to wait for some of it to be printed before sending any more. ----------------------------------------------------- Michael Connick mec@mtfmi.ATT.COM 201-957-3057 AT&T Bell Labs MT 3F-113 (Dept. 79153)