TEST RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS
Windows 2000
File Type
File Extension
Pre-Raster File Size
Post-Raster File Size
First-Print Time
(seconds)
All files are printed in a quantity equal to twice the manufacturer's rated speed for the device. The Muratec F-560's raster
times/print speeds were tested at 600 dpi using the PCL driver.
First-page time indicates the time it took to RIP, image and deliver the first page of the test document set to the output tray.
Job Stream Evaluation
A job stream consisting of nine files (a mix of Word,
Excel, HTML, PowerPoint and e-mail) is sent to a
paused print queue. All files are monochrome or
mixed color and monochrome, and five pages or
less in length (total of 19 pages). Timing begins
when the queue is released and ends when the last
page of the job stream exits the device.
Time to completion of all print jobs:
3 minutes, 52.24 seconds.
Problems encountered:
None.
Applications compatibility (units are tested for
compatibility with Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft
PowerPoint 2000, Microsoft Publisher, Adobe
Photoshop 6.0 and Adobe Acrobat 5.0 using
25 application test files, which contain text,
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TESTED FIRST-PRINT TIMES
Word
PageMaker
Text
Graphic/Text
DOC
PM
114 KB
116 KB
67.4 KB
20.2 KB
13.78
13.03
graphics, halftone images, tables, etc., enabling
BLI technicians to evaluate memory usage,
file processing, font-rendering and grayscale
capability):
Print drivers:
Operating system support:
Network system support:
Resolution modes:
Muratec
(CONTINUED)
Acrobat
Photoshop
Graphic/Text
Graphic
PDF
JPG
171 KB
245 KB
605 KB
820 MB
23.74
39.34
Good.
The Muratec F-560 was tested with the optional
PCL 6 print driver; a GDI driver is standard.
Windows 9.x, XP, Me, NT 4.0 and 2000.
Windows NT and TCP/IP.
The Muratec F-560 offers two resolution
modes—300 x 300 dpi and 600 x 600 dpi.
F-560
Lab Test Report
Photoshop
Graphic
TIF
20 MB
721 KB
36.04
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