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Results from PPST ver 5.5 as of April 26th, 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!
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|For those who are insterested, PPST takes about 2000 seconds to print on |
|the base devicee, an Apple LaserWriter II NTX, so takes about 1 hours on |
|an Apple LaserWriter II and 2-5 hours on older or slower printers. |
===========================================================================
----------- Printers and RIPs with printers as released by Manufacturers -------------
==========================================================================================================
Devicename (specifications, see notes) PS version PPST PPST-I PPST-G PPST-F PPST-R PPST-M lppm
==========================================================================================================
Apple Color LW 12/600 (12M,600,fm.1,a4) 2014.108 3.4 29.4 4.2 3.4 0.3 1.2 34
Apple Color LW 12/600 (12M,600,fm.1,letter) 2014.108 4.2 24.8 7.8 1.8 0.8 1.2 32
Apple Color LW 12/600 (28M,600,fm.1,a4) 2014.108 7.8 64.6 8.0 10.6 2.9 2.1 130
Apple LW II NT (1.6M,300,fm.1,a4) 47.0 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 1
Apple LW IINTX (2M,300,fm.1) 47.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 4
Apple LW IIg (20M,300,fm.2) 2010.130 5.3 1.2 10.0 4.8 1.0 1.2 13
Apple LW 16/600 (8M,600,fm.1,a4) 2014.106 13.5 40.4 24.7 9.8 3.2 3.2 19
Apple LW PRO 630 (8M,300,fm.2,a4) 2010.130 5.6 1.8 8.4 5.4 1.4 1.2 24
Apple LW Select 360 (7M,600,fm.1,letter) 2013.112 7.0 1.4 13.3 4.8 2.0 2.0 22
Canon LASER SHOT A404PS (10M,300,fm.0) 2011.115 6.7 2.9 15.9 3.4 0.9 2.0 17
Compaq PageMarq 20 (8M,800x400,fm.30,letter)2012.015 11.8 2.9 21.7 9.5 3.1 2.4 37
Datproducts LZR 1560 (5.7M,400,fm.12,a4) 2010.127 6.3 1.1 15.5 3.8 0.8 2.0 18
DEClaser 1152 (4M,300,fm.14,a4) 2011.113 1.4 0.4 2.9 0.7 0.3 0.4 5
DEC PS 17 (24M,600,fm.79,a4) 2014.102 12.4 23.1 26.9 4.9 2.0 6.8 39
GCC Elite XL 1208S (32M,1200,fm.1) 2010.113 4.0 5.9 15. 8 1.2 0.9 3.2 13
HP DJ 1200C/PS (14M,300,fm.1,letter) 2014.102 3.3 14.0 9.1 2.4 0.6 1.0 2
HP DJ 1600CM (4.5M,300,fm.1,letter) 2014.108 6.2 2.1 10.2 4.2 1.2 1.9 23
HP LJ III (5M,300,fm.2,letter) 2010.118 1.2 0.3 2.1 0.8 0.3 0.3 3
HP LJ 4M (6M,600,fm.1,letter) 2011.110 4.1 0.6 14.2 1.6 1.2 2.2 21
HP LJ 4M+ (6M,600,fm.1,letter) 2013.111 11.2 24.8 29.6 4.8 2.1 7.1 14
HP LJ 4M+ (14M,600,fm.1,a4) 2013.111 12.1 24.8 48.2 5.5 1.9 8.2 9
HP LJ 4ML (4M,300,fm.32,a4) 2013.103 8.4 23.1 14.1 5.5 1.4 1.8 28
HP LJ 4MV (12M,600,fm.45,A3) 2014.101 22.8 64.6 58.5 13.2 3.8 7.3 23
HP LJ 4Si (6M,300,fm.1,letter) 2011.110 10.2 5.9 37.7 4.0 2.0 5.8 13
HP LJ 4Si (10M,600,fm.1,a4) 2011.110 6.7 40.4 31.8 2.5 1.5 5.5 6
HP LJ 4si MX (18M,600,fm1.letter) 2011.110 6.7 40.4 39.9 2.3 2.6 5.7 6
HP LJ 5P (7M,600,fm.41,letter) 2014.103 9.0 32.3 15.6 6.7 2.1 2.2 14
HP LJ 5Si (16M,300,fm.1211,letter) 2014.108 27.2 80.8 41.3 21.4 4.0 5.0 176
HP LJ 5Si (16M,600,fm.1211,letter) 2014.108 20.2 80.8 34.2 11.5 2.6 4.8 143
Kodak 1392 (20M,300,fm1.0.20,a4) 2011.23 35.8 9.0 89.8 18.7 3.6 12.8 120
Kodak 1565 Fiery XJK v.2.1 (8.9M,400,fm.7) 2013.114 4.6 5.6 96.3 12.2 8.2 38.5 1
Kodak 1580 (6.5M,400,fm.42) 2010.131 12.2 2.8 26.6 7.6 1.7 3.4 38
Laser Master U1200XL (48M,1200x600,FM.1.0) 47.0 2.1 1.6 6.7 0.8 0.7 6.1 2
Laser Master U1800XL (48M,1800,FM.3) 2003.001 3.3 5.0 17.2 1.2 1.8 10.3 2
Lexmark 4079 color inkjet (4M,360,fm.0,a4) 250.2 0.7 0.2 3.7 0.4 0.5 2.2 0
Lexmark Optra R+ (4M,600,fm950601,letter) 2014.500 9.5 3.8 14.0 5.3 2.3 9.6 45
Lexmark Optra R (10M,1200,fm.0,letter) 941215 9.0 1.7 15.9 5.0 2.4 6.2 48
OCE Color St. 436CX (1.5M,400,fm.0,a0) 1.34 6.2 1.1 15.4 3.5 1.6 4.2 9
Okidata OL840 (2M,300,fm.1,letter) 52.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.5 0.4 2
NEC MultiWriter 7000PS (21.1M,600,fm.2) 2016.104 6.5 2.5 46.5 9.5 3.6 1.5 3
QMS 1060E (8M,600,fm1.1.0,letter) 2011.23 16.9 2.8 44.9 9.7 4.6 15.7 22
QMS 1060E (16M,600,fm1.1.0,letter) 2011.23 23.7 4.8 59.7 11.2 2.7 13.3 100
QMS 1060E (8M,600,fm2.0.15,letter) 2011.25 14.2 6.3 39.3 6.7 4.7 18.4 14
QMS 1060E (16M,600,fm2.0.15,letter) 2011.25 21.6 7.0 77.1 7.7 2.9 17.7 54
QMS 1660 (40M,600,fm2.0.15,letter) 2011.25 20.6 8.1 63.8 7.7 2.7 14.1 49
QMS 1660E (48M,300,fm2.0.13,letter) 52.45 31.9 9.2 85.6 13.3 3.7 18.4 111
QMS 1660E (48M,600,fm2.0.13,letter) 52.45 20.4 5.5 66.5 7.8 2.8 15.7 51
QMS 1660E (48M,1200,fm2.0.13,letter) 52.45 6.7 4.4 71.1 1.7 2.6 10.1 12
QMS 1660E (48M,300,fm2.0.13,letter) 2011.25 32.5 19.0 82.6 13.0 3.6 17.7 107
QMS 1660E (48M,600,fm2.0.13,letter) 2011.25 18.8 6.2 47.2 7.8 2.7 15.7 50
QMS 1660E (48M,1200,fm2.0.13,letter) 2011.25 6.4 1.4 70.1 1.7 2.5 10.1 21
QMS 1725 (16M,600,fm3.1.0,letter) 2011.23 14.9 4.4 29.0 9.0 1.6 4.9 67
QMS 1725E (16M,600,fm1.1.1,letter) 2011.23 19.8 2.8 88.9 11.2 2.6 15.1 21
QMS 2425 (24M,300,fm1.0.5,letter) 2011.26 51.2 46.1 136.0 19.1 8.8 38.5 107
QMS 2425 (24M,600,fm1.0.5,letter) 2011.26 32.9 12.9 125.0 12.5 8.8 38.5 38
QMS 2425 (48M,300,fm1.0.5,letter) 2011.26 51.2 53.8 126.7 19.6 8.8 38.5 107
QMS 2425 (48M,600,fm1.0.5,letter) 2011.26 33.5 14.0 130.2 12.6 8.8 30.3 38
QMS 3825 Phase II (32M,300,fm8.2.0,letter) 52.4 38.9 5.3 110.1 26.5 5.1 19.3 59
QMS 3825 Phase II (32M,600,fm8.2.0,letter) 52.4 27.5 3.9 107.5 18.4 4.7 18.4 25
QMS 3825 Phase II (32M,300,fm8.2.0,letter) 2011.23 42.1 8.3 112.8 27.5 5.3 19.3 57
QMS 3825 Phase II (32M,600,fm8.2.0,letter) 2011.23 29.4 6.3 105.1 18.7 4.9 19.3 25
QMS 4525 (32M,300,fm4.2.2,letter) 2011.23 36.3 10.4 105.1 19.3 4.9 17.7 48
QMS CS 100 (5M,300,fm.2,legal) 50.3 0.6 1.1 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.0 1
QMS CS 210 (8M,300,fm2.3.2,letter) 2011.23 4.6 3.3 6.6 7.3 1.4 0.5 44
QMS CS 230 (13M,300,fm2.3.5,letter) 2011.23 6.2 1.4 32.2 3.5 1.9 0.7 17
QMS Jetscript (3M,300,fm.,letter) 47.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 2
QMS Magicolor (32M,600,fm2.0.16,letter) 2011.23 8.0 1.2 58.5 4.1 3.5 6.3 6
QMS Magicolor CX (8M,300,fm0.1.5,letter) 2011.25 11.1 12.9 14.7 6.0 5.1 18.4 51
QMS Magicolor CX (32M,300,fm0.1.5,letter) 2011.25 27.6 14.7 70.1 10.1 4.4 19.3 103
QMS Magicolor CX (20M,600,fm0.1.5,letter) 2011.25 5.7 3.9 12.8 3.0 4.9 21.2 5
QMS Magicolor CX (32M,600,fm0.1.5,letter) 2011.25 15.0 4.7 53.5 9.5 0.4 21.2 59
QMS Magicolor CX (64M,600,fm0.1.5,letter) 2011.25 16.1 4.7 54.1 9.2 4.1 21.2 12
QMS Magicolor LX (12M,300,fm1.0.2,letter) 2011.23 12.6 5.2 14.7 15.5 3.4 6.6 41
QMS Magicolor LX (24M,300,fm1.0.2,letter) 2011.23 18.5 6.2 36.1 14.1 4.1 3.8 39
QMS Magicolor LX (28M,300,fm1.0.2,letter) 2011.23 20.7 6.2 51.1 9.4 2.7 6.5 107
QMS Magicolor LX (48M,300,fm1.0.2,letter) 2011.23 20.7 6.2 50.8 9.4 2.7 6.5 107
QMS Magicolor LX (24M,600,fm1.0.2,letter) 2011.23 6.8 1.2 12.4 4.1 3.5 4.4 18
QMS Magicolor LX (28M,600,fm1.0.2,letter) 2011.23 11.5 1.2 37.6 9.9 3.4 6.6 11
QMS-PS 800+ (2M,300,fm.3,letter) 46.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 1
QMS-PS 800II (2M,300,fm.5,letter) 47.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 2
QMS-PS 815MR (6M,600,fm.29,letter) 52.4 2.1 0.3 3.9 1.3 1.0 2.0 7
QMS-PS 820 (2M,300,fm.5,letter) 47.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 2
QMS-PS 825MR (6M,600,fm.29,letter) 52.4 2.1 0.3 3.9 1.3 1.0 2.0 7
Seiko CP2 PSF (13M,300,fm.106,letter) 2013.114 20.9 53.8 56.7 10.7 2.9 6.1 28
SPARCprinter EC (18.8M,600,fm.1) 2015.009 11.0 46.1 23.2 10.4 3.4 4.1 8
Tek. Ph II PXi (4M,300,fm.2,letter) 2010.116 6.6 1.3 8.3 7.7 3.2 2.8 33
Tek. Phaser 240 (12.5M,300x600,fm.12) 2012.113 4.5 17.0 5.4 5.1 2.1 1.7 9
Tek. Phaser 440 (18.8M,300,fm.10) 2013.113 6.4 17.9 11.8 6.1 2.9 0.9 10
TI microLaser Pro E (9.7M,600,fm.50) 2014.107 11.2 2.7 20.4 7.6 2.4 3.4 36
Xerox 4213 (2.1M,299x300,fm.1,a4) 47 1.6 0.2 2.3 1.7 0.4 1.2 11
Xerox DP 4850 (8M,300,fm.17,letter) 47.0 57.9 7.9 125.0 45.8 7.7 16.3 250
Xerox DP 6135 (9.3M,600,fm.214,letter) 2014.108 799.4 161.5 3082.3 292.0 123.0 424.0 1500
Xerox DT 135 (6.1M, 600, fm.64,letter) 2010.130 11.6 35.9 31.2 6.6 2.5 5.5 9
Xerox DT 135 (20.9M, 600, fm.64,letter) 2010.130 19.2 161.5 46.0 37.7 2.4 5.7 11
Xerox DT NS+ (48M,600,fm.8,letter) 2013.114 17.0 55.9 318.9 31.1 13.7 60.6 33
==========================================================================================================
----------- Displays & RIPs available with multiple output devices -------------
NOTE:
On a display postscript "interpreter", usually user interaction is
needed to go to the next page. Please remember that the overall speed of
PPST is affected by the time the interpreter waits between each page, so
if you go for a cofee between page 2 and 3 and get a PPST of 0.1 on your
Super Dupper Unix mega machine, that's why and please run it again before
submiting your results!!! :-)
The faster you "ask" for the next page, the better. For example, with
ghostscript, you can add the -dNOPAUSE to the command line or type "quit"
right away. That'll make it generate all the pages one after the other
without waiting. Then you just need to look at the backchannel output for
the results.
================================================================================================================================================
RIP/displayPS name (specifications, see notes) Oper. system Host specs PS version PPST PPST-I PPST-G PPST-F PPST-R PPST-M lppm
================================================================================================================================================
Acrobat DC 2.1 (1025M,144,fm.0) SunOS/Sol ? 2012.017 20.9 40.4 51.1 9.7 5.3 26.5 21
Adobe showps (15.2M,111,fm.105) IRIX 5.3 SGI Indy,64M,R4400-200 2013.110 140.6 64.6 330.3 70.8 13.7 60.6 300
Aladdin Ghostscript 3.5.3 (4M,43,fm.353,letter) DOS 6.22 DX2/66,16M 2010 35.1 26.9 264.2 8.5 10.3 53.0 120
Aladdin Ghostscript 3.5.3 (4M,43,fm.353,letter) OS/2 Warp 3.0 DX2/66,16M 2010 28.7 23.1 237.1 7.0 9.5 47.1 88
Aladdin Ghostscript 3.0.1 (4M,85,fm.301,letter) VMS ? 2010 8.4 0.7 52.2 3.9 8.2 30.3 12
ColorAge ColorQ E-5000 (100.4M,400,fm.1,a4) ? P-120,128M 2003.3 23.3 >1000! 231.2 >1000! 3.1 42.2 7
EFI Fiery 125i (64M,400,fm.0) ? ? 2013.114 4.2 0.8 46.2 2.5 1.7 7.6 2
EFI Fiery ColorLaser (23.2M,400,fm.36,a4) ? ? 1006.6 2.7 1.1 31.0 2.1 2.3 14.1 1
EFI Fiery 5775 (64M, 406,fm.0) ? ? 2013.114 4.5 1.2 46.5 2.4 1.8 7.6 2
Ghostscript 2.6.1 (4M,41,fm.261,letter) DOS 6.22 DX2/66,16M 54.0 84.7 40.4 264.2 32.0 10.3 60.6 188
Ghostscript 2.6.1 (4M,41,fm.261,letter) OS/2 Warp 3.0 DX2/66,16M 54.0 143.7 323.0 1321.0 41.7 41.0 141.3 150
SGI dpsexec (1032.2M,111,fm.0) IRIX 5.3 SGI Indy,64M,R4400-200 2013.110 166.1 323.0 355.7 80.6 15.4 60.6 500
SGI xpsview (15.2M,111,fm.202) IRIX 5.3 SGI Indy,64M,R4400-200 2013.110 142.1 80.8 330.3 70.8 15.4 60.6 273
Scitex Station (192M,300,fm.8) AIX PS/2 2013.114 1.3 0.6 81.8 8.4 2.4 13.3 0
Sunsoft Adobe DP (1032M,90,fm.0) Solaris ? 2015.103 44.4 40.4 95.3 20.1 5.1 15.7 188
SunSoft Adobe DP fonts loaded (1032M,90,fm.0) Solaris ? 2015.103 74.4 53.8 98.4 122.9 5.3 15.7 1000
VMS DisplayPS (0.3M,52,fm.5,a4) VMS VAX-3150 1006.9 9.5 3.8 24.2 5.0 1.0 2.8 23
VMS DisplayPS (0.4M,52,fm.5,a4) VMS VAX-4090 1006.9 31.4 9.2 106.3 10.5 5.9 23.6 125
================================================================================================================================================
General Notes:
-specifications format:
(ram, resolution, firmare release.firmware revision, paper size/source)
ram: indicated in mega bytes (M) to the nearest unit.
resolution: in dots per inch (DPI). One or two number depending on 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.