Plain paper print quality & speed


Our plain paper black text printing quality and speed test uses a page containing four paragraphs of single-spaced 12 point Times New Roman text, totalling 43 lines, including a heading. Timings are taken from the time the first page of a three-sheet print run completes until the second is completed.

Fast draft mode

Time: 7.1 seconds (8.4 pages per minute)
The extreme close-up above reveals some rather jagged formation of the letters. But this is compensated for by very good black density. With the naked eye, you have to look quite closely to notice the low resolution of the lettering.

Fast normal mode

Time: 8.8 seconds (6.8 pages per minute)
Now the characters are formed more smoothly but there is some ink over-spray. But once again, the excellent density of the printing is the dominant quality and the printed page looks very good.

Normal (best quality) mode

Time: 11.1 seconds (5.4 pages per minute)
There is a marginal improvement in quality compared with Fast normal mode but you have to look very hard on the printed page to see the difference. But it's there - the characters are just that little bit smoother and sharper.