Speed of Laser and Inkjet Printers
You've decided to buy a laser or inkjet printer but do not know what the
speed of a typical laser or inkjet printer is and how much speed you
really need. Here's some information that will help you find out before
buying your inkjet or laser printer.
The speed of a laser printer or inkjet printer is measured by the ppm
(pages per minute); the number of pages a laser or inkjet printer can
produce in one minute. Generally the speed increases as the price of the
printer increases. Normally inkjet and laser printers have 3 levels of
quality settings: draft, normal, best. The higher the quality, the lower
the speed. Bear in mind that the speeds stated by the manufacturers are
often higher than real life speeds. While testing the speed, the
manufacturers often print the basic text with lowest print quality and
come up with such fast speeds. The real speed is likely to be nearly
half the speed stated by the manufacturer if you use the normal printing
quality. Speed will especially be important for you if you intend to
print graphics frequently with your inkjet or laser printer.
Print speeds may vary depending on many factors such as your laser or
inkjet printer's print mode, system configuration, page coverage,
document complexity and software.
So print speed of a typical inkjet printer may vary between 1 to 28 ppm
for black text and 1 to 20 ppm for color photo or graphics. A mid-range
monochrome laser printer's print speed may vary between 6 to 25 ppm for
sharp black texts and 2 to 20 ppm for black & white graphics. A typical
color laser printer’s print speed will vary between 6 to 20 ppm for
black text and 1 to 12 ppm for color graphics.
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