BUYERS LABORATORY TEST REPORT | Imagistics 2500 MFP Multifunctional |
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TEST RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS continued
Simultaneous RIP and print: No. Printing does not begin until the entire document has been RIPped. Only one document resides on the device at a time, with additional print jobs remaining in the network queue.
Send once/print many: It should be noted that the collate setting does not function when using a Windows 2000 workstation. When collate was selected from the
application, the file size was not affected, but the number of pages in the job was multiplied by the quantity selected for the print job. This combined with the fact that the unit handles each set of a job as a separate file means that, for example, with four sets of a 10 page document, a total of 40 pages will be processed before the first page is output.
Print Productivity
TESTED RASTER TIMES/PRINT SPEEDS| Windows 2000 | Word | PageMaker | Photoshop | Acrobat | Photoshop |
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File Type | Text | Graphic/Text | Graphic | Graphic/Text | Graphic |
File Extension | .DOC | .PM6 | .TIF | .JPG | |
114 KB | 116 KB | 20 MB | 172 KB | 246 KB | |
146 KB | 65.3 KB | 1.40 MB | 5.5 MB | 2.31 MB | |
17.56 | 17.02 | 29.37 | 19.08 | 31.73 | |
Speed Excluding First Page (PPM) | 15.03 | 15.06 | 14.99 | 14.98 | 12.82 |
Speed Including First Page (PPM) | 11.58 | 12.03 | 8.22 | 9.76 | 7.08 |
Manufacturer’s rated speed: 15 ppm.
All files are printed in a quantity equal to twice the manufacturer’s rated speed for the device. The print speeds were tested at 600 dpi using the PCL 5e print driver via an Ethernet connection with the optional AXIS Print Server 5400.
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Networking and connectivity: BLI technicians installed the Imagistics Model 2500 MFP, configured with the optional AXIS Print Server 5400, on BLI’s dedicated test network using a Windows NT 4.0 server. Network configuration, as well as installation of the print drivers, was simple using the AXIS IP Installer, which is used to assign an IP address for the print server card, and the AXIS Print Monitor, which creates a port for networking printing. The administrator powers off the Imagistics Model 2500 MFP, connects the AXIS Print Server 5400 to the parallel port of the device and then connects the power cord for the AXIS server to the outlet and powers on the Imagistics Model 2500 MFP. Using
the supplied AXIS IP Installer software, the user simply highlights the serial number, confirms it’s the same as the serial number on the AXIS Print Server 5400 card and assigns an IP address for the card. Once this is completed, the administrator installs the AXIS Print Monitor utility, which creates a network print port for the device when the print driver is installed. Once the driver is installed, the administrator selects the port that was created. No networking problems were encountered and the installation utility was very easy to use. It should be noted, however, that in order for AXIS IP Installer to properly function, BOOTP and DHCP must be enabled via the embedded Web utility.
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