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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : Daryl Pilkington <u3232@home.dialix.com>
  Date: 04 May 2001 10:55:33 +0930

Re: [OT] HP Laserjet 5 PCL printer memory

On 04 May 2001 10:56:42 +1000, Daryl Pilkington wrote:

> I've got a HP Laserjet 5 PCL printer that (unfortunately), I'm printing
> a lot of bitmap documents to.

Better than printing it to an old Canon Inkjet (s  l  o  w  :-)

> I'm wondering if putting more memory into it will speed it up, or is
> more memory really only used for processing complex PCL, (vector), jobs.

We upgraded a HP 2100 from 4MB to 20MB. The difference in printing times
was unbelievable. Instead of taking 2 minutes (really) to process some
images, it only takes a few seconds.

How much memory does it have currently?

   - andrew

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