PCL memory needs

[Guest]

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What is a generous amount of memory to have in a printer?

Does an entire page have to be in the printer for reasonable
performance?

What are reasonable amounts of memory with PCL 5 and PCL 6?

I looked at the price of several printers. A $700 printer
might come with 32 MB of memory, but an additional 64 MB of
memory cost $400. Before I looked at the upgrade prices
I was hoping to put in 512 MB for $500, which would be
4 times is reasonable.

Alternatively, will anything besides HP stuff work
in an HP LaserJet 3380mfp? Viking Components has a 64MB Module
for HP printers for under $50, but it the 3380 isn't listed
as one of the printers that it works with.

 

[Douglas]

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

If you list the printers we could help a little more! Memory prices can vary
by a good margin.I bought 256 megs for my Minolta for under $100,it was $350
elsewhere.Most printers do not benefit by 512 megs.My laser is a color with
duplex.If you are looking at a monochrome printer,512mb is way more than you
need.I would say a mono printer might benefit with 64mb total.Color
laser128-256mb.Color with duplex 256-512mb.As for the 3380mfp,96mb is
max.Check google. Just type in HP 3380 memory!
"Mark Fineman" <mark.s.fineman@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> What is a generous amount of memory to have in a printer?
>
> Does an entire page have to be in the printer for reasonable
> performance?
>
> What are reasonable amounts of memory with PCL 5 and PCL 6?
>
> I looked at the price of several printers. A $700 printer
> might come with 32 MB of memory, but an additional 64 MB of
> memory cost $400. Before I looked at the upgrade prices
> I was hoping to put in 512 MB for $500, which would be
> 4 times is reasonable.
>
> Alternatively, will anything besides HP stuff work
> in an HP LaserJet 3380mfp? Viking Components has a 64MB Module
> for HP printers for under $50, but it the 3380 isn't listed
> as one of the printers that it works with.
>