Results from PPST ver 5.2 as of February 8th, 1996 ========================================================================================================== This is the results of the PostScript Processing Speed Test (PPST for short) on various PostScript devices. Visit PPST's Web home page at http://www.achilles.net/~jsg/ppst/ to retreive the latest version or check simtel archive mirrors in postscript. PPST is an index value which tells you how fast your device is as compared to the base device which is the one indicated in the first column of the "PPST index results" box. If the result says that PPST is 1.0, then the device is as fast as the base device, if PPST is 2.0, then it's twice as fast and if PPST is 0.5 then your device is only half it's speed. PPST-I test bitmapped image rendition speed, PPST-G tests graphics speed, PPST-F is font rendition and retreival speed, PPST-R is for RAM speed, PPST-M is for math operations speed and, of course, PPST is a generalized index value which should give you a good idea of how fast your device is and takes into account the engine speed. Please keep in mind that this is not in any way a sure-fire way of knowing if a device will be faster for your particular application or not. It may give you a good idea, but, for example, the graphics speed index doesn't necessarily mean that your device will be faster for a graphics application, it depends on the printer driver that application has. I don't want to get into too much discussion about this, but let's just say that a WordPerfect document with 5 graphics (.WPG) images in a page will not necessarily print faster with a printer that has a higher PPST-G value, but it probably will. (it REALLY depends on the printer driver and how it was written). Jean-Serge Gagnon jsg@achilles.net Enjoy! ========================================================================================================== For those who are insterested, PPST takes about 1 hour to print on the base device, an Apple LaserWriter II NTX, so takes about 3 hours on an Apple LaserWriter II and 4-8 hours on older printers. ========================================================================================================== ========================================================================================================== Devicename (specifications, see notes) PS version PPST PPST-I PPST-G PPST-F PPST-R PPST-M lppm ========================================================================================================== AGFA XC 305 Color (32M,4,a4) 1006.6 2.7 1.1 31.1 2.0 2.3 14.1 1 AGFA Gemini (LWR driver 7.x) 2000.000 4.2 24.6 36.6 2.5 0.1 7.1 ? AGFA Gemini (LWR driver 8.3) 2000.000 4.2 16.8 35.6 2.6 0.1 6.6 ? Aladdin GS 3.5.1 (DX266,20M,3,fm.351) 2010 12.6 17.8 96.5 3.5 2.6 23.5 17 Apple LW1 (2M,3,fm2,letter) 38.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 1 Apple IIg (8M,3,fm.1,letter) 2011.113 5.2 1.1 9.5 3.9 1.2 1.2 19 Apple IINT (3,fm1,a4) 47.0 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 1 Apple Color LW 12/600 (28M,6,fm.1,a4) 2014.108 4.3 29.1 7.9 2.5 0.3 1.2 26 Apple Lw 16/600 (8M,6,fm.1,a4) 2014.106 13.4 40.0 24.8 9.4 3.2 3.2 19 Apple PersNT (2M,3,fm.1,letter) 51.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.4 5 Agfa Viper1.51(Mac9500,132MHz,80M, MacOs7.5)2013.114 26.1 64.0 298.8 10.0 8.8 42.3 15 Canon LASER SHOT A404PS (10.0M,3,fm.0) 2011.115 7.7 3.1 17.3 4.0 1.0 1.9 18 DEClaser 1152 (4M,3,fm14,a4) 2011.113 1.4 0.4 2.9 0.7 0.3 0.4 5 DEClaser 3500 (11M,6,fm76,a4) 2014.103 7.9 24.6 15.5 5.2 1.9 2.1 10 DEClaser 5100 (6M,6,163,letter) 2013.109 5.1 1.4 14.3 2.3 0.6 2.5 14 DEC CDA_View-VAX4090 (80M,scrn,fm5,a4) 1006.9 33.8 8.9 110.3 11.8 5.9 23.5 DEC PrintServer 17 (24M,6,fm79,a4) 2014.102 16.2 40.0 28.9 7.8 2.0 8.1 59 DEC PrintServer 20 (2M,3,fm61,letter) 48.3 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.3 6 DP LZR 1260 (4M,3,fm.0,letter) 47.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 4 EFI Fiery 150i (Color) (64M,4,.3,letter) 2013.114 3.9 1.8 76.6 3.9 3.1 13.2 1 GS 2.6.1 (AST486DL/33, 386DOS exec) 54.0 29.0 13.3 97.5 10.0 4.0 20.1 75 GS 2.6.1 (486DX2/66, 386DOS exec) 54.0 57.4 35.6 181.6 21.4 6.5 47.0 120 GS 2.6.1 (486DX2/66, OS/2 3.0 386DOS exec) 54.0 111.3 320.0 1029.3 30.7 30.8 105.8 143 GS 3.0.1 (VAX 4090A x11]) 2010 9.3 0.5 63.9 5.3 7.2 32.5 ? GS 3.3.3 (AST486DL/33,386DOS exec) 2010 9.4 8.2 96.5 2.3 2.6 20.1 19 GS 3.3.3 (486DX2/66,386DOS exec) 2010 18.5 18.8 197.1 4.7 4.4 42.3 34 GS 3.3.3 (486DX2/66,OS/2 3.0 386DOS exec) 2010 33.1 320.0 1852.8 6.7 30.8 105.8 111 HP II (2M,3,letter) 52.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 2 HP IIP PacificPage P*E XL (2M,3,fm.0,letter) 4.11 3.5 1.2 8.6 4.0 0.7 3.5 2 HP IIIP (5M,3,letter) 2010.118 1.4 0.4 2.7 1.0 0.2 0.4 4 HP IIISi (6M,3,fm.51,letter) 52.3 2.5 1.3 2.6 3.6 1.1 2.4 7 HP IIISi (12M,3,fm.400,a4) 52.3 2.6 1.5 2.8 3.5 1.4 2.6 7 HP 4M (6M,6,fm?,a4) 2011.110 3.8 0.6 10.8 1.5 1.2 2.2 22 HP 4M (?) 2011.110 3.0 17.8 8.6 1.0 0.6 2.2 ? HP 4ML (4M,3,fm32,a4) 2013.103 8.3 26.7 14.1 5.1 1.4 1.8 35 HP 4ML (4M,3,fm32,a4) 2013.10 8.4 21.3 14.1 5.4 1.4 1.8 30 HP 4MP (14M,6,letter) 2?????? 6.8 18.8 13.4 2.9 1.6 2.0 ? HP 4Si (10M,3,fm.1,letter) 2011.110 16.3 40.0 42.3 9.5 1.8 5.8 17 HP 4Si (18M,6,fm.1,letter) 2011.110 7.4 40.0 39.8 2.4 1.6 5.9 8 HP 4Si (26M,6,fm.1,letter) 2011.110 7.4 40.0 39.4 2.4 1.6 5.8 6 HP 4SiMX (18M,6,letter) 2011.110 6.5 40.0 39.6 2.1 2.2 5.6 6 HP 4+ (6M,6,fm.1,letter) 2013.111 11.3 24.6 29.7 4.8 2.1 7.2 14 HP 5MP (3M,6,fm.41,a4) 2014.103 5.5 4.1 9.7 3.9 0.8 2.3 8 HP 5MP (7M,6,fm.41,letter) 2014.103 9.0 32.0 15.6 6.6 2.0 2.2 14 HP 5Si (12M,6,fm?,letter) ? 20.3 64.0 34.4 11.7 2.6 4.8 150 HP Color laserjet (?) 2013.114 9.8 64.0 22.1 5.2 2.6 2.6 ? HP DJ 1200C (4M,3,fm.17.0,a4) 2013.104 2.3 14.5 7.5 1.2 0.1 1.1 7 HP DJ 1200C (7M,3,fm.0,a4) 2013.104 3.6 13.9 8.7 2.8 0.6 1.0 3 HP DJ1600CM (?) 2014.108 6.1 2.1 10.3 4.1 1.1 1.9 ? HP PJ XL300 (13M,3,fm.0,letter) 2011.112 1.5 0.2 2.4 1.3 0.4 0.6 10 IBM 4029 (5M,6,fm1,a4) 52.3 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.8 0.8 0.9 5 Kyocera FS-1500A (4M,3,fm0,letter) 48.0 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.4 3 Lexmark Optra R (10M,6,fm.0,letter) 941215 16.1 3.9 22.1 14.6 2.2 9.4 94 Lexmark Optra R (10M,12,fm.0,letter) 941215 8.9 1.6 15.8 5.0 2.2 7.1 41 Lexmark Optra R (18M,3,fm?,letter) 940729 20.1 18.8 25.8 18.8 2.1 8.0 120 Lexmark Optra R (18M,6,fm?,letter) 940729 15.5 3.8 21.3 14.7 2.0 7.7 88 Lexmark Optra R (18M,12,fm?,letter) 940729 9.2 1.6 15.6 5.7 2.1 6.4 42 Lexmark Optra R+ (4M,6,fm950601,letter) 2014.500 10.3 3.2 14.2 6.7 2.3 9.8 71 Oce 9145 (8M,6,fm.1,a4) 6.1 50.0 160.0 162.5 24.8 7.2 26.4 43 OKILaser 840 (2M,3,fm.1,a4) 51.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 1 NeXT DPS (1G,4,fm125,letter) 2011.102 26.5 4.0 87.4 12.6 4.6 16.9 71 QMS 1060 (8M,6,fm1.0.6,letter) 2011.23 13.6 1.9 38.0 7.7 3.1 10.8 21 QMS 1660 (24M,3,fm1.0.10,letter) 2011.23 30.4 5.2 94.5 16.2 3.7 6.8 136 QMS 1660 (24M,6,fm1.0.10,letter) 2011.23 23.9 2.1 72.4 14.3 4.6 12.4 94 QMS 1660 (24M,12x6,fm1.0.10,letter) 2011.23 12.7 2.4 58.3 4.7 1.0 16.3 45 QMS 1660E (48M,6,fm2.0.13,letter) 2011.25 18.5 6.2 43.9 7.8 2.8 15.7 52 QMS 1660E (48M,12,fm2.0.13,letter) 2011.25 6.4 1.4 69.1 1.7 2.6 10.1 21 QMS 1700 (?) 52.4 5.2 0.5 19.7 3.5 1.6 3.0 ? QMS 1725 (28M,6,fm1.0.6,letter) 52.42 12.5 2.8 34.6 5.5 1.4 5.3 65 QMS 1725 (28M,6,fm1.0.6,letter) 2011.22 12.6 3.3 34.4 5.4 1.4 5.2 64 QMS 1725E (16M,6,fm1.1.1,letter) 2011.23 23.8 2.7 89.1 10.2 4.4 13.2 107 QMS 1725SLS (16M,6,fm1.0.26,letter) 2011.23 15.3 4.3 36.6 7.4 1.7 4.9 83 QMS 2025 (32M,4,fm7.14.0,letter) 2011.23 29.2 4.6 90.8 18.8 4.2 17.6 34 QMS 3225 (16M,3,fm6.0.27,letter) 2011.23 29.8 6.7 90.8 16.0 3.7 13.6 43 QMS 3225 (16M,4,fm6.0.27,letter) 2011.23 25.8 4.6 90.8 14.1 3.6 13.6 32 QMS 3825 (32M,3,fm7.10.0,letter) 2011.23 31.2 6.4 85.8 16.8 3.3 16.3 58 QMS 3825 (32M,6,fm7.10.0,letter) 2011.23 21.8 4.4 84.2 13.4 2.9 16.3 18 QMS 410 (2M,3,fm.8,letter) 52.4 0.8 1.1 5.3 0.2 1.0 1.7 3 QMS 410 (2M,3,fm.94,letter) 52.4 3.1 1.0 4.5 2.0 1.1 1.4 14 QMS 420 (10M,6,fm1.0.7,letter) 2011.22 2.1 0.5 6.0 0.8 0.5 0.7 8 QMS 4525 (32M,3,fm4.0.9,letter) 2011.23 37.0 11.0 109.0 19.3 4.6 16.9 50 QMS 815MR (2M,6,fm.29,letter) 52.4 3.8 1.2 5.6 2.3 1.2 2.1 17 QMS 825MR (6M,6,fm.29,letter) 52.4 2.1 0.3 3.9 1.3 1.0 2.0 7 QMS 860 (20M,6,fm3.0.6,letter) 52.4 9.2 1.6 21.4 5.6 1.0 2.7 52 QMS 860 (20M,6,fm3.0.6,letter) 2011.23 9.2 1.6 21.4 5.6 1.0 2.7 52 QMS 860+ (24M,6,fm1.0.6,letter) 2011.23 9.7 3.2 22.8 5.0 1.0 2.7 44 QMS CS210 (16M,3,fm2.3.2,letter) 52.4 8.2 3.1 29.3 2.8 1.4 2.8 45 QMS CS210 (16M,3,fm2.3.2,letter) 2011.23 8.2 3.1 29.6 2.8 1.4 2.8 45 QMS CS230 (28M,3,fm2.3.2,letter) 2011.23 9.9 2.2 23.0 7.2 1.7 2.7 16 QMS CS230 (28M,3,fm2.3.2,legal) 2011.23 9.8 2.1 22.7 7.2 1.7 2.8 15 QMS CS230 (28M,3,fm2.3.2,ledger) 2011.23 9.9 2.2 22.8 5.3 1.3 2.8 55 QMS Magicolor (?) 2011.23 11.2 2.6 59.0 3.2 3.3 6.2 ? QMS Magicolor plus (48M,6,fm3.3.3,letter) 2011.23 11.8 1.6 40.1 5.3 1.4 4.5 91 QMS Magicolor CX (8M,3,fm0.1.5,letter) 2011.25 11.2 12.8 14.7 6.0 5.3 18.4 53 QMS Magicolor CX (20M,6,fm0.1.5,letter) 2011.25 5.7 3.9 12.8 3.0 5.1 21.2 5 QMS Magicolor CX (32M,3,fm0.1.5,letter) 2011.25 28.1 14.5 72.9 10.0 4.6 20.1 107 QMS Magicolor CX (32M,6,fm0.1.5,letter) 2011.25 15.5 4.6 54.2 9.2 4.4 21.2 11 QMS Magicolor CX (64M,6,fm0.1.5,letter) 2011.25 16.2 4.8 54.2 9.3 4.4 21.2 12 QMS Magicolor LX (12M,3,fm1.0.2,letter) 2011.23 15.4 5.1 59.0 5.9 4.0 6.6 25 QMS Magicolor LX (28M,3,fm1.0.2,letter) 2011.23 21.2 6.2 54.2 9.6 2.7 6.6 111 QMS Magicolor LX (48M,3,fm1.0.2,letter) 2011.23 21.3 6.2 54.2 9.6 2.7 6.6 111 QMS Magicolor LX (24M,6,fm1.0.2,letter) 2011.23 7.1 1.2 13.9 4.1 3.4 4.5 18 QMS Magicolor LX (28M,6,fm1.0.2,letter) 2011.23 11.7 1.2 48.5 5.2 2.4 6.6 42 QMS Magicolor LX (64M,6,fm1.0.2,letter) 2011.23 11.6 2.5 26.8 5.6 1.5 4.4 94 Tektronix Phaser 300i (10M?,3,fm.6,?) 2013.113 2.5 40.0 2.7 1.7 3.3 2.9 22 Tektronix Phaser 340 (12M?,6x3,fm.5,letter) 2015.009 7.3 2.3 8.4 10.8 3.1 3.7 22 Tektronix Phaser 440 (?) 2013.113 6.4 17.8 11.7 6.0 2.9 0.9 ? Tektronix Phaser 540+ (32M?,6,fm.6,letter) 2015.009 9.9 80.0 22.1 10.1 2.7 4.0 6 TI Pro 600/65 (8M,6,fm.19,letter) 2013.110 3.6 2.5 4.2 4.9 2.2 0.7 23 VAX 4090A (GS 3.01 [GS -sDEVICE=x11]) 2010 9.3 0.5 63.9 5.3 7.2 32.5 ? Xerox 4213 (8M,3,fm1,a4) 47 1.6 0.2 2.4 1.7 0.4 1.2 12 Xerox 4900 (Color) (20,12x3,.10008000,let) 2013.115 16.3 26.7 29.4 9.0 3.3 3.7 64 Xerox DP 1.3 (HC) (10M?,3,.17,letter) 47.0 40.9 8.0 121.9 20.1 4.2 15.7 125 Xerox DP6135 DSP1.0 (10M?,6,.214,letter) 2014.108 914.5 160.0 3088.0 332.9 123.0 423.0 3000 Xerox DT 135 (4.4M,6,fm.64) 2010.130 4.8 44.3 45.0 1.2 2.2 5.2 8 Xerox DT NetServ (48M,6,.8,letter) 2013.114 32.3 11.4 159.7 20.3 6.2 30.2 19 Xerox DT NetServ (10M?,6,.64,letter) 2010.130 11.7 35.6 37.8 6.4 1.9 5.2 9 Xerox Xprint Color (?) 2015.105 13.9 40.0 22.0 8.5 2.7 3.1 ? ========================================================================================================== Notes: -specifications format: (ram, resolution, firmare release.firmware revision, paper size/source) ram: indicated in mega bytes (M) to the nearest unit. resolution: in hudreds of DPI. Indicated as a number or as two if the horizontal resolution is not the same as the vertical. firmware release.firmware revision: usually one number or a number with a decimal part, the firmware revision is found only on a few devices, and is appended to this same entry with a decimal point seperating the two. paper size/source: Usually indicated in the specifications section on the final page of PPST (7 of 7), but not always. -lppm: Logical Pages per minute: Derived from the time it takes the engine to tell PPST that the page is printed. On a RIP or advanced printer, this number can be very misleading because it really represents the time it takes the interpreter to "store" the page image for the enigine to "fetch" since the interpreter doesn't wait for the engine to "print" the current page before starting to interpret the next page. Also, "frame" devices (those that use memory to store the entire pixel array of the page while it's working on it. For example 1Meg is needed to store a 300dpi letter page while 4meg is needed for a 600dpi letter page and 16meg is needed for a 1200dpi letter page) seam to get much lower (all the QMS printers are frame devices) lppm numbers than "band" devices (these devices store only the part of the page they are working on and compress what they aren't working on and so need much less memory. A 600dpi printer can work with as little as 2Meg total in this configuration) even though "band" devices are usually slower (if you compare same processor, same clock speed, etc.) Some examples of "band" device printers are the Lexmark Optras.