Printing Memory Usage

Hardware: Pentium II - 350 MHz / 128 MB

Software: BeOS 5.0.3 Pro / 497 swap file size; Printer driver: HP PCL3

9912005 (Page 2; Type 1)

DPI A% BePDF 0.7.4 B% BePDF 0.7.5a C% D% BePDF 0.7.5b E% F%
300x300 100 3.2MB 100 314KB 100 1043 999KB 100 328
600x600 400 12.5MB 390 637KB 203 2009 3.4MB 340 376
720x720 576 17.8MB 556 815KB 260 2236 4.8MB 490 379
1440x1440 2304 71.0MB 2218 2.5MB 815 2840 18.3MB 1875 397

lbflat.pdf (Page 1; Freetype)

DPI A% BePDF 0.7.4 B% BePDF 0.7.5a C% D% BePDF 0.7.5b E% F%
300x300 100 37.5MB 100 1.3MB 100 288 9.5MB 100 394
600x600 400 (1) - 4.8MB 369 - 37.2MB 391 -
720x720 576 (2) - 6.7MB 515 - 51.1MB 537 -
1440x1440 2304 (2) - 26.3MB 2000 - (1) - -

Legend

BePDF 0.7.4) 32 bits per pixel (B_RGB32)
BePDF 0.7.5a) 1 bit per pixel (B_GRAY1; generates bad image quality)
BePDF 0.7.5b) 8 bits per pixel (B_CMAP8)
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1) PC locked up
2) not tested because of 1)