Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 07:32:22PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > > > Now, Eric mentioned memory in his post. I can understand that since > > sometimes the 2070N at my home takes quite a while to print a page with > > graphics in it (it has 16MB RAM). HL-5250DN comes with 32MB. How does > > that sound? It also has an empty slot to accommodate 64MB, 128MB, 256MB > > or 512MB (144-pin DIMM). > > > > The way I look at it is this: Ghostscript sends the printer a graphic, > bitmapped with PCL 6. > > So, a whole page at 600x600 dpi x 8.5" x 11" = 33660000 bits > > 33660000 b / 8 b/B = 4207500 B / 1024 = 4108 KB / 1024 = 4 MB > > So thats 4 MB per page for the image data itself, 8 MB to hold two > sides, plus whatever for control info (PCL wrapping). If it has 16 MB, > it can be printing two sides while it receives the data for the next two > pages. > > If you were to be using the built-in font system whereby you sent it > plain text and it translated it into your selection of fonts that you > donwload to it, that would take up a whole slew of memory. Ditto if you > used built-in forms. Neither of which applies if you're just using > ghostscript. > > Doug.
I think the HL-5250DN does have postscript built in. Brother calls it BR-Script which appears to be their postscript emulation. I have an 8840DN multifunction unit and have printed to it using the foomatic/postscript driver in cups for a lexmark printer. I print the port 9100 on the printer. Maybe Br-script isn't "real" postscript, I really don't know. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]