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The '''Amstrad DMP2000 Printer 8K Buffer Kit''' from [[Goldmark Systems]] is a RAM upgrade for [[Amstrad]]'s [[DMP2000]] and [[DMP3000]] printers.
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The '''Amstrad DMP2000 Printer 8K Buffer Kit''' from [[Goldmark Systems]] is a RAM upgrade for [[Amstrad]]'s [[DMP2000]] printer.
  
The "kit" seems to be simply consisting of a 8K SRAM chip, to be used as replacement for the printers built-in 2K SRAM, increasing the buffer size by 6K.
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The "kit" seems to be simply consisting of a 8K SRAM chip, to be used as replacement for the printers built-in 2K SRAM, increasing the buffer size by 6K. Aside from exchanging the RAM chip, one must also change the J3 jumper on the PCB (as shown in [[:Image:DMP2000 Schematic.png|DMP2000 Schematic).
  
The kit doesn't seem to be required for newer DMP printers - according to [[Media:LQ3500di and LQ5000di Leaflet (English).pdf|LQ3500di and LQ5000di Leaflet (English)]] and [[Media:AMSTPRINT Leaflet (Norwegian).pdf|DMP3160/DMP3250di/DMP4000/LQ3500/LQ3500di/LQ5000di AMSTPRINT Leaflet (Norwegian)]] - these do already have 8K Buffer RAM built-in.
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The upgrade should also work with the DMP2160 printer (a faster version of the DMP2000, which has only 2K RAM built-in, too). The DMP3000 and later models do include 8K RAM built-in, so there's no need to upgrade them.
 
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According to german DMP service manuals, only DMP2000 and DMP2160 have 2K RAM (where the upgrade would make sense). Whilst DMP3000 and up do already contain 8K RAM built-in (so the upgrade wouldn't make any sense).
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Revision as of 10:31, 2 September 2010

Goldmark DMP2000 Printer 8K Buffer Kit.jpg

The Amstrad DMP2000 Printer 8K Buffer Kit from Goldmark Systems is a RAM upgrade for Amstrad's DMP2000 printer.

The "kit" seems to be simply consisting of a 8K SRAM chip, to be used as replacement for the printers built-in 2K SRAM, increasing the buffer size by 6K. Aside from exchanging the RAM chip, one must also change the J3 jumper on the PCB (as shown in [[Image:DMP2000 Schematic.png|DMP2000 Schematic).

The upgrade should also work with the DMP2160 printer (a faster version of the DMP2000, which has only 2K RAM built-in, too). The DMP3000 and later models do include 8K RAM built-in, so there's no need to upgrade them.