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Test Environment
This product was tested in BLI’s 10,000-square-foot test lab, in an environment monitored by
a Honeywell Temp/RH chart recorder, which replicates typical office conditions.
Test Equipment
BLI’s dedicated test network, consisting of Windows NT 4.0, 2000 and Microsoft Exchange
servers, Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000 Professional workstations, 10BaseT/
100BaseTX network switches and CAT5 cabling.
Test Duration
Products are tested for two months, five weeks of which consists of a durability test during
which the product is run at its manufacturer-rated maximum monthly duty cycle, with 50 per-
cent of the test volume comprised of copy jobs and 50 percent comprised of print jobs. BLI’s
daily test usage is designed to replicate real-world use over an eight-hour workday, and as
such includes a mix of various-size documents, simplex and duplex modes, and a mix of short,
moderate and long run lengths, and on/off cycles, throughout the day. The durability evalua-
tion also includes testing of the document feeder/scanner for an additional 10 percent of the
monthly maximum volume, evenly divided over the course of the test.
Tested Configuration
Base unit, plus optional Multi-PDL Print Kit-E1, internal finisher, LCT, Universal Send and the
PDF Enhancement Kit.
Test Procedures
The test methods and procedures employed by BLI in its lab testing include BLI’s propri-
etary procedures and industry-standard test procedures, including a BLI-developed variation
of ASTM’s 1318-90 Test Method for Determination of Productivity using Electrostatic Copy
Machines. In addition to a number of proprietary test documents, BLI uses an industry-stan-
dard Katun test original for evaluating black image quality and test suites from Quality Logic
to evaluate applications compatibility. In addition to a visual observation, color print quality
is tested using the ANSI standard IT8 Color Test Target, which is read using the Minolta CM503I
Spectrophotometer, and samples are analyzed using the CIE XY Chromaticity Diagram. In addi-
tion, density of black and color output is measured using an X-Rite 428 Densitometer. Georgia-
Pacific Spectrum DP 20-lb. bond is used in the tests, 10 percent of which is recycled paper
containing 30 percent post-consumer content. Image quality is tested using Georgia-Pacific
Printing Paper (95 brightness, 22-lb. bond).
sUPPoRtING tEst Data
Buyers Laboratory Inc. • 20 Railroad Avenue • Hackensack, NJ 07601 • USA • (201) 488-0404
Michael Danziger
CEO
Mark Lerch
COO
Anthony F. Polifrone
Managing Director
Daria M. Hoffman
Managing Editor
Lynn Nannariello
Senior Editor
Marlene Orr
Printer Industry Analyst
Tracie Hines
Associate Editor
George Mikolay
Associate Editor
Laurie Ramirez
Associate Editor
Carl Schell
Associate Editor
Ben Curry
Research Editor
Lisa Reider
Research Editor
Marc Bussanich
Technical Analyst
Camille Dendtler
Research Manager
Pete Emory
Manager of Laboratory Testing
Pia Beddiges
Manager of Field Testing
Ken Nardone
Technical Manager, Field Testing
Anthony Marchesini
IT Director
T. R. Patrick
Art Director
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