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“Standard” mode using the color and black ink cartridges. The
ANSI IT8 Color Test Target is read using the Minolta CM-503i
spectrophotometer, and the sample is analyzed using the CIE
XY Chromaticity Diagram.
Typical of inkjet printers, the Aficio GX5050N produced a
smaller color gamut on regular bond paper than those pro-
duced by color laser- and LED-based units tested by BLI to
date.
Color shades produced remained true to the base color
with very little contamination, and overall color production
remained very stable, with consistent skin tones throughout
the test period. Color output in photographic images showed
a a yellow undertone in some skin tones..
Halftone range:
Clearly visible from the 1% to 100% dot-fill levels, with distinct
transitions between levels.
Typical halftone range for inkjet printers:
4% to 90%.
Color Print Density
Color
Cyan
Magenta
Yellow
Standard
0.80
0.77
0.72
Density of a printed image with blocks of all solid colors (based on the average of two readings for each color).
Density of solid black printed image:
Range, 1.14 to 1.16 (on a scale of 0 to 2.5, with 2.5 being as
dark as would be possible under most circumstances. Based
on four readings corresponding to four different locations on
the original.).
Density range for products in this class tested to date:
1.06 to 1.48.
Ink tests
Black Waterfastness (Drip Test):
The test measures the amount of colorant transferred from
a printed area to an unprinted area when a drip of distilled
water is allowed to run across five parallel bars. Five density
0
1.0
0.5
GX5050N
Print density
2
1.5
Range for
tested units
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