Lexmark
T430dn
BUYERS LABORATORY INC.
Lab Test Report
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Typical halftone range for 600-dpi engines:
4% to 84%.
Density of solid black printed image (based on four
readings corresponding to four different locations
on the original):
Range, 1.36 to 1.44 (on a scale of 0 to 2.5, with
2.5 being as dark as would be possible under
most circumstances).
Density range for products in this class tested to
date:
0.98 to 1.74.
Throughput Capabilities/
Materials
Ability to process self-adhesive address labels:
Yes.
Ability to process transparencies:
Yes.
Ability to process envelopes:
Yes.
TEST RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS
(CONTINUED)
Print Productivity
BLI’S TESTED PRINT SPEEDS
0
10
600 x 600 dpi
Average Speed
(including first page)
5
15
20
30.32
15.05
Pages Per Minute
Print speed is tested using BLI’s Test
Original (with 5% page coverage). The test
page is printed in a quantity equal to dou-
ble the vendor’s rated print speed for the
device in each mode tested (e.g., if the
vendor’s rated print speed is 20 ppm, 40
pages are printed). The Lexmark T430dn’s
print speeds were tested at 600 x 600 dpi
and 1200 x 1200 dpi using the PostScript
3 driver.
1200 x 1200 dpi
25
30
TESTED FIRST-PRINT TIMES (POSTSCRIPT)
First-print time out of energy-save mode:
10.39 seconds.
Windows 2000
Word
PageMaker
Photoshop
Acrobat
Photoshop
File Type
Text
Graphic/Text
Graphic
Graphic/Text
Graphic
File Extension
DOC
PM
TIF
JPG
Pre-Raster File Size
114 KB
116 KB
20 MB
426 KB
248 KB
Post-Raster File Size
104 KB
71.8 KB
28.9 MB
771 KB
1.34 MB
First-Print Time
(seconds)
8.48
8.52
33.55
10.64
9.72
All files are printed in a quantity equal to twice the manufacturer’s rated speed for the device. The ras-
ter times/print speeds were tested at 600 dpi using the PostScript 3 driver.
First-print time indicates the time it took to RIP, image and deliver the first page of the test document
set to the output tray.