Inkjet Print Speed Methodology

Print Speeds, stated as pages per minute or PPM, reflect measured values based on Brother's particular testing conditions and are for reference only. Actual print speed may vary depending on printing conditions such as computer configuration, operating system, document complexity, printing frequency, connection method, application software and other factors. Print speed testing does not take into account processing time and data transfer time.

1. Maximum Print Speed on Fast Mode

Testing Conditions:

Print speed testing is conducted with the sample pages portrayed below created in Microsoft Word. The printer runs in Draft mode using A4/letter size plain paper. The system configuration used for printing test pages is the same as the system configuration used when measuring the ISO*/IEC 24734 print speed. For more information, see the test report for each model. Print speeds are calculated based on making a continuous printing of the test page with measurement commencing upon the completion of the first page.

Test Pages:

2. ISO*/IEC 24734 Print Speed and ISO/IEC 24735 Digital Copy Speed

Terms and methodologies:

- Test Patterns

<ISO/IEC 24734 - For Print Speed Measurements>
Word® File Set


Excel® File Set


Adobe® PDF File Set


<ISO/IEC 24735 - For Copy Speed Measurements >

- Definitions

FSOT - First Set Out Time (sec)

Number of seconds between the initiation of the job to the complete exit of the last page of the first test set

EFTP - Effective Throughput (ipm/ppm)

Average speed at which a device produces pages measured from the initiation of the job through the complete exit of the last page of the last test set

• 1 set - Average print speed for one set of typical office documents
• 1 set + 30 sec - Average print speeds for multiple set of documents (one set of typical documents plus 30 seconds)
• 1 set + 4 min - Average print speeds for multiple set of documents (one set of typical documents plus 4 minutes)

ESAT - Estimated Saturation Throughput (ipm/ppm)

Rate at which a device produces pages measured from the complete exit of the last page of the first test set through the complete exit of the last page of the last test set

Test Reports

Please choose the product number for the detailed test report.