February 2009 - Printer and MFP Testing Blog -

Automatic Analysis of PDF, XPS and PCL test files

QualityLogic is proud to announce brand new version 2.0 of TestJob Builder automation product now featuring: Now supports PDF, XPS, PCL5e/c, PCLXL and ATS-IF files. Live analysis of customer PDL test files including support for adding PDF, XPS, PCL5e...

Published 19 Feb 2009 10:01 AM by Steve Kang

ISO 24734 Approved - Will RTA, TFP, and TLP really be replaced with FSOT, ESAT, and EFTP?

For as long as I can remember, printer performance has been reported using terms like Return to Application (RTA), Time to First Page (TFP), and Time to Last Page (TLP). Over the past few years, RTA has disappeared from many reviews as processing power...

Published 12 Feb 2009 6:18 PM by Dave Jollota

Filed under: Printer Marketing, Printer Testing, Printer Industry, Printer Performance, ISO 24734

New Cost of Ink Calculator

The New York Times wrote an article yesterday about a new cost of ink calculator made available from the American Consumer Institute that allows consumers to calculate printing costs using data from QualityLogic Test Reports. As more and more printer...

Published 12 Feb 2009 12:56 PM by Dave Jollota

Filed under: Print Industry, Printer Testing, TCO, Ink Yield, Cost Per Page

TestJob Sender Now Available For Download

QualityLogic's TestJob Sender, a powerful application that allows you to send any file format to a printing device, is now available as a free download . Included with TestJob Sender are samples of QualityLogic's ATS , FTS , and CET products for...

Published 10 Feb 2009 12:51 PM by Jim Zuber

Filed under: Automation, FTS, Printer Testing, Testing, CET

Adobe PhotoShop CS4 Test Pages for printer driver and interoperability testing

We are pleased to announce brand new test pages for Adobe PhotoShop CS4 application. QualityLogic ATS-IF test files are ideally suited for testing your printer drivers and producing various captured print-ready files for testing your PDL firmware. Test...

Published 4 Feb 2009 4:47 PM by Steve Kang

Free ATS-IF Sample Files Available

Printer, RIP, Printer driver and conversion software manufacturers are primarily concerned about their ability to print, edit or display from applications that their customers will use. So, a major component of their QA process includes the testing of...

Published 4 Feb 2009 4:22 PM by Jim Zuber

Filed under: Product Preview, ATS-IF, Driver Testing, Print Industry, Printer Marketing, Printer Testing, Applications, Printer Industry, Testing

Adobe InDesign CS4 ATS-IF test pages for driver testing

We are pleased to announce brand new test pages for Adobe InDesign CS4 application. QualityLogic ATS-IF test files are ideally suited for testing your printer drivers and producing various captured print-ready files for testing your PDL firmware. Test...

Published 4 Feb 2009 12:57 PM by Steve Kang

QualityLogic Announces Web Site For Cost Of Ink

MOORPARK, CA – December 22 2008 – QualityLogic ( www.qualitylogic.com ), a provider of leading-edge QA and QC test tools and services for the imaging and telecom industries, today announced that it has created a new web site to publish printer cost of...

Published 12 Feb 2009 4:51 PM by Dave Jollota

Making Sense of PageSense

David Stone at PC Magazine recently reviewed the HP Photosmart B8550 photo printer and as is typical, he used QualityLogic’s PageSense hardware and software to measure and report throughput speed. PageSense is well known by printer companies and analysts...

Published 12 Feb 2009 4:51 PM by Dave Jollota

Comments on the value of ISO Yield Standards from the printer industry

Many printer companies now have sections of their websites that explain why they support ISO Yield Standards for cartridge yield, and how they encourage consumers to use the data. Some even allow you to download the actual ISO report. Remember, these...

Published 12 Feb 2009 4:50 PM by Dave Jollota

More ABC’s – ISO vs ASTM Yield claims

There are two organizations developing methodologies now in the public domain that printer and cartridge manufacturers are using to make their yield claims – ISO and ASTM . QualityLogic has thoroughly studied the methodologies published by each group...

Published 12 Feb 2009 4:47 PM by Dave Jollota

ABC’s of ISO Toner and Ink Yield Standards

Most printer companies in the world are now beginning to report the yield of their ink and toner cartridges using recently released ISO standard methods. In the past, each company used their own internal methods for testing and reporting yields and while...

Published 12 Feb 2009 4:46 PM by Dave Jollota

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