On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 10:34 am, Aron Smith wrote: > On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 23:07, Dale Huckeby wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > Dale Huckeby wrote: > > >> . . . The time each takes to print one of a sample page, from > > >> the time I press the Okay button till the copy slides out, is > > >> 18 seconds for Economy Grayscale, 23 seconds for Economy, 28 > > >> seconds for Normal Grayscale, 62 seconds for Normal, about a > > >> minute and a half for High Quality Grayscale, and about 4 > > >> minutes for High Quality. Normal and High Quality probably > > >> aren't distinguishable by the casual viewer, but held side by > > >> side Normal is slightly thicker and muddier looking. Under a > > >> magnifying glass the edges would be fuzzier. High Quality has > > >> a slighter thinner, harder, sharp-edged printshop look. High > > >> Quality Grayscale is just a little lighter. Normal Grayscale > > >> is actually hard to tell from High Quality, so I might switch > > >> to that as my default. I didn't test Very High Quality or > > >> Photo or their grayscales. By the way, the times above are > > >> for the first page, which includes the time it takes for the > > >> program to communicate with the printer. I just ran page 1 > > >> and 2 at Normal Grayscale and the first page was out at 28 > > >> seconds and the second at 51, so all subsequent pages should > > >> take about 23 seconds apiece. > > > > > > OK so that sounds interesting. Now the time taken to create the > > > print file and send it complete to the printer is always going > > > to be longer in linux with ghostscript employed than in > > > windblows, that cannot be helped, the PCL5 to PCL3 conversion > > > takes time, and in any case each individual computer is going > > > to vary the time according to it's power to process etc. > > > So how about taking a 600dpi scanned file in either .pnm or > > > .jpg of an A4 colour page(it can be anything) then send that > > > file to printer at say 600dpi High quality, and note the time > > > from when the file first arrives at the spooling window (kde - > > > peripherals - printer - jobs) and you start to hear the printer > > > load the sheet of paper to completion of the printed page. > > > > > > I created a 600dpi scanned A4 colour page .jpg file of 3.4Mb, > > > in gimp, which took just over 3 minutes to print from the > > > moment the page loaded to final ejection from the Lexmark Z53 > > > printer. That's a lot of numbercrunchingbut sets a big task to > > > compare performances with. > > > > > > How long would your Epson C82 take to process the same size and > > > type of file? > > > > Sorry, don't know what an A4 color page is, nor how to create > > one. If you'll tell me how to make one in gimp I'll do it but I > > don't know how meaningful the print comparison will be. I don't > > use kde so will probably be printing from the command line. > > (Anything that's not being printed from OOo, Opera, or Pine.) > > > > Dale > > A4 is a little smaller than letter size. > A4 is around 1/4" narrower, but around 3/4" longer
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