P r i n t e r S e t t i n g s t h a t A f f e c t M e m o r yC h a p t e r 3 : U s i n g t h e C o n t r o l P a n e lv 3-67Certain PCL Menu and PostScript Menu options affect theprinter’s performance and memory usage, as described in“PCL Menu” (page 3-15) and “PostScript Menu” (page 3-29).Figure 3.25 provides more detailed information on theseoptions.Figure 3.25 PCL and PostScript Menu options that affect printing speed and memory usageOption DescriptionPage ProtectionPCL Menu (page 3-26)When a page is particularly complex with graphics or dense text, the printermay not be able to process it rapidly enough to keep up with normalprinting operations. Data may be lost or one page may be split on multiplepages.Page protection is a technique that reserves memory to ensure the entirepage can be created and printed before the actual printing process. Thetrade-off in performance is matched by the certainty that an entire complexpage may be printed.Page Protection is related to Resolution (page 3-27 for PCL, page 3-35for PostScript, and page 3-68) since the amount of memory needed for apage depends on its resolution. The higher the resolution, the morememory needed. See Figure 3.26 (page 3-69) for memory requirements.Your software application may change the Page Protection level (e.g.,from Legal to Letter). When that occurs, the printer’s memory isreconfigured. Downloaded fonts and macros may be cleared from memoryunless State Saving (page 3-28 for PCL, page 3-36 for PostScript, andpage 3-68) is set.If any request for memory cannot be satisfied, you will be notified on theControl Panel.If you frequently see the following error messagePage Too Complexyou may want to set Page Protection to be able to print the entire page.Otherwise, if you do not see frequent warning messages, set PageProtection Off.PrinterSettings thatAffectMemoryAUG-CH03 Page 67 Black,Red,Cyan Friday, February 3, 1995 12:22 AM