jon%jonlab@PRINCETON.EDU (Jon H. LaBadie) (04/10/91)
The recent discussion about memory requirements for postscript printers
raised a silly "problem" I have.
How can I tell if extra memory added to my printer is beneficial?
The situation is this:
I bought a TI PS35 MicroLaser. It comes with 1.5 Mbytes. My needs
are pretty simple, troff and bits and pieces I pick up off the net.
Last Christmas, some relatives asked what they could get as a gift.
Thinking extra printer memory might help performance if I do more
complicated things, I said "BUY RAM". Sure enough, they did!
Now, each time I see my relatives, they ask if the memory helped.
But, I can not see any difference for the things I do with the printer.
So I have to tell them, "No, but I'm sure somethings I do in the future
will be MUCH faster with the extra memory. Thanks for the gift."
Help me; do you have a test case that would demonstrate the benefit of
my printers extra memory? I have not problem deinstalling the memory
cards to document the benefit.
Gosh, can you imagine even considering that 1.5 Mbytes in a PRINTER
might be thought of as a small amount of memory. I'm showing my age,
but I can remember being thrilled to go from 16 Kbytes to 64 Kbytes
in my computer. Times change!
Jon
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Jon LaBadie
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