Konica Minolta magicolor 7450 Brochure page 2

GrCI Laboratory Testing Report
Between October 17 - 27, 2007, a series of quality tests on the magicolor 7450 color laser printer
were completed by and under the immediate supervision of Professor Michael Blum of the Graphic
Communication Institute at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. This testing was conducted on behalf of
Konica Minolta, Inc. The tests were designed to determine the suitability of this particular printer
for the Macintosh-based graphic design, production, and creative marketplaces. Since professionals
in this field typically work using high-end Apple Macintosh computers and design applications
such as Adobe Creative Suite and QuarkXPress, the tests were structured accordingly.
Testing Methods
A test suite was developed using popular design, production, and creative applications commonly
run on the Macintosh platform. No testing was performed using the Windows platform. The
applications selected included the typical design programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop,
InDesign, and QuarkXPress. In addition, FileMaker Pro, Microsoft Office, Keynote, Mail, Preview,
and web browsers were tested. In most design, creative, and production environments, all of these
programs are used for a variety of office and presentation needs, and therefore a color laser printer
would need to be able to print successfully from each of these programs as well as the standard
design applications.
The following programs and versions were tested:
Acrobat 8.0
Adobe Reader 8.0
Camera Direct
Excel 04
FileMaker 8.5
Firefox 2
Illustrator CS2
Illustrator CS3
InDesign CS2
InDesign CS3
Keynote 4
Mac Mail 2.1
Photoshop CS2
Photoshop CS3
PowerPoint 04
Preview 3
QuarkXPress 6.5
QuarkXPress 7.2
Safari 2
Word 04
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