Additional Printer Memory Questions

I'm looking at the purchase of an HP 2015dn printer which
comes with 32 MB and expandable to 288 MB. I'm not sure
if I would need the additional memory. HP memory is
extraordinarily expensive.

* Should I expand the memory?
* Is it necessary because printer must buffer a page of data before printing?
* Are 3rd party memory acceptable?
* What manufacturer? Kingston?

TIA

blah wrote:
I'm looking at the purchase of an HP 2015dn printer which
comes with 32 MB and expandable to 288 MB. I'm not sure
if I would need the additional memory. HP memory is
extraordinarily expensive.

* Should I expand the memory?

Only if necessary. And then not HP-branded memory, because it's
usually ridiculously overpriced.

How to tell if you need the extra memory? Use the printer. If it needs
memory you'll either see printing errors or warnings. (Or possibly very
slow printing, but that could be the print job, and extra memory
wouldn't necessarily speed it up.)

* Is it necessary because printer must buffer a page of data before printing?

At 1200 DPI, a letter-sized page would take about 16M of memory, making
the 32M of onboard memory already more than enough. That's not counting
data compression, which is likely used to make that memory work like it
was more.

* Are 3rd party memory acceptable?

Yes. At least it has been the few times I've used it.

* What manufacturer? Kingston?

Kingston says they have 64M for the LJ P2015 for $10, 128M for $13.
Unless you're printing truly huge documents, it's unlikely you'll come
close to using the 128M, but for an extra $3 it's a better deal.

--
Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA

Thanks for the feedback Warren...

Warren Block wrote:
blah wrote:
I'm looking at the purchase of an HP 2015dn printer which
comes with 32 MB and expandable to 288 MB. I'm not sure
if I would need the additional memory. HP memory is
extraordinarily expensive.

* Should I expand the memory?

Only if necessary. And then not HP-branded memory, because it's
usually ridiculously overpriced.

How to tell if you need the extra memory? Use the printer. If it needs
memory you'll either see printing errors or warnings. (Or possibly very
slow printing, but that could be the print job, and extra memory
wouldn't necessarily speed it up.)

* Is it necessary because printer must buffer a page of data before printing?

At 1200 DPI, a letter-sized page would take about 16M of memory, making
the 32M of onboard memory already more than enough. That's not counting
data compression, which is likely used to make that memory work like it
was more.

* Are 3rd party memory acceptable?

Yes. At least it has been the few times I've used it.

* What manufacturer? Kingston?

Kingston says they have 64M for the LJ P2015 for $10, 128M for $13.
Unless you're printing truly huge documents, it's unlikely you'll come
close to using the 128M, but for an extra $3 it's a better deal.

"blah" wrote in message ...
I'm looking at the purchase of an HP 2015dn printer which
comes with 32 MB and expandable to 288 MB. I'm not sure
if I would need the additional memory. HP memory is
extraordinarily expensive.

* Should I expand the memory?
* Is it necessary because printer must buffer a page of data before
printing?
* Are 3rd party memory acceptable?
* What manufacturer? Kingston?

TIA

If you're going to the trouble, you might as well go for 256MB.
The Kingston part # for the HP CB423A 256 MB SODIMM
is - KTH-LJ2015/256. It's 100% compatible. The last time I checked
it was available directly from Kingston in the US for $28.00 US.
I saw it on Amazon.com for about $22.00 US. Quite a difference
from the HP price of $599.00 US. I got mine in Canada for
$30.43 CDN + shipping & tax. This same RAM is also used
in the P3005 printer series. The 32 MB is only good for text and
simple graphics at the lower res settings. If you want to use the
1200 DPI Pro Res setting you need more.

I recently bought the P2015dn, and it's a fantastic little printer.
Small footprint and very fast. The duplexing is great. If you're
going to use the LAN connection, do not install the USB
driver. Use the LAN based driver. You don't need the tools either.
The built-in print server provides the same functionality, and more.