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Epson Stylus Pro 10000Epson Stylus Pro 10000–––– Test Results Test Results ––––

Digital Color LaboratoryDigital Color Laboratory Catherine Fiasconaro, Laboratory ManagerCatherine Fiasconaro, Laboratory Manager

Spencer & Associates Publishing, Ltd.Spencer & Associates Publishing, Ltd.David R. Spencer, PresidentDavid R. Spencer, President

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Driverless Printing WorkflowDriverless Printing Workflow

PrinterDriver

Traditional Printing Workflow

psd,pdf,qxd,etc…

ApplicationFormat File Application

AcrobatPhotoshop

Etc.

PlatformMacintoshWindows

Etc.

used for testing of theEpson Stylus Pro 10000 and hp designjet 5000ps

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Driverless Printing WorkflowDriverless Printing Workflow

PrinterDriver

Traditional Printing Workflow

psd,pdf,qxd,etc…

ApplicationFormat File Application

AcrobatPhotoshop

Etc.

PlatformMacintoshWindows

Etc.

used for testing of theEpson Stylus Pro 10000 and hp designjet 5000ps

* Supported on the designjet 5500ps only

tiff 6, pdf 1.3*, ps3*, jpegcals/g4, hp-rtl, hp-gl2

DocumentFormat File Platform

MacintoshWindows

Etc.

Job SubmitterWeb

Bro

wse

r

used for testing of thehp designjet 5500ps

Driverless Direct Printing Workflow(as incorporated in the hp designjet 5500ps)

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Throughput Performance is the Total Print Time– including all processes in the print workflow:

Processing, Transmission, and Printing

Throughput Performance:Throughput Performance:Total Print TimeTotal Print Time

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Throughput Performance is the Total Print Time– including all processes in the print workflow:

Processing, Transmission, and Printing

processing inthe computer

total print time

printingprocessing inthe printer

sending

Throughput Performance:Throughput Performance:Total Print TimeTotal Print Time

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Throughput Performance is the Total Print Time– including all processes in the print workflow:

Processing, Transmission, and Printing

processing inthe computer

total print time

printingprocessing inthe printer

sending

SpencerLab Test and Analysishp designjet 5500 series provides:

• up to 2X plus faster performance than the Epson SP10000 in top IQprinting, and

• up to 2X faster performance in production than the hp designjet5000 in productivity day-to-day IQ printing

Throughput Performance:Throughput Performance:Total Print TimeTotal Print Time

� driverless printing� fast network card

� up to 7 internal languages� production print modeshp attributes this to:

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Methodology Methodology –– Testing SetupTesting Setup

hpdesignjet 5500

hp designjet 5500ps• All Documents Printed Through

Web Job Submitter – No Applications Needed – Minimal Resources Used

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Methodology Methodology –– Testing SetupTesting Setup

hpdesignjet 5500

hp designjet 5500ps• All Documents Printed Through

Web Job Submitter – No Applications Needed – Minimal Resources Used

EPSONSP 10000

Epson Stylus Pro 10000• 1.6GHz Pentium 4 PC-based EFI

Fiery Spark Pro 1.0 RIP – Required for comparable testing

• All Test Documents PrintedThrough Applications

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Methodology Methodology –– Testing SetupTesting Setup

hpdesignjet 5500

hp designjet 5500ps• All Documents Printed Through

Web Job Submitter – No Applications Needed – Minimal Resources Used

hpdesignjet 5000

hp designjet 5000ps• All Documents Printed

Through Applications

EPSONSP 10000

Epson Stylus Pro 10000• 1.6GHz Pentium 4 PC-based EFI

Fiery Spark Pro 1.0 RIP – Required for comparable testing

• All Test Documents PrintedThrough Applications

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Test Setup Test Setup –– Documents & Settings*Documents & Settings*

hp dj 5500ps hp dj 5500ps vs.vs. Epson SP 10000 Epson SP 10000�� Castle sRGB: 324Castle sRGB: 324MBMB, 300dpi, 40", 300dpi, 40"xx54" 54" TIFFTIFF

�� hp designjet 5500pshp designjet 5500ps�� Photo Imaging Glossy Media; Max QualityPhoto Imaging Glossy Media; Max Quality

�� Epson Stylus Pro 10000Epson Stylus Pro 10000�� Photo Glossy Media; 1440Photo Glossy Media; 1440xx720 dpi, Unidirectional720 dpi, Unidirectional

hp dj 5500ps hp dj 5500ps vs.vs. hp dj 5000ps hp dj 5000ps�� Covered Bridge: 68Covered Bridge: 68MBMB,, 176dpi, 40"176dpi, 40"xx30" 30" TIFFTIFF

�� hp designjet 5500pshp designjet 5500ps�� Production Glossy Media; ProductionProduction Glossy Media; Production

�� hp designjet 5000pshp designjet 5000ps�� Productivity Photo Media; ProductivityProductivity Photo Media; Productivity

*Quality analysis established these as comparable settings for these prints

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processing inthe computer*

total print time

printingprocessing in

the RIPsending

>>2X 2X Total Performance IncreaseTotal Performance Increasedj5500ps dj5500ps vs.vs. Epson SP 10000 Epson SP 10000 –– Max IQ Max IQ

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processing inthe computer*

total print time

printingprocessing in

the RIPsending

>>2X 2X Total Performance IncreaseTotal Performance Increasedj5500ps dj5500ps vs.vs. Epson SP 10000 Epson SP 10000 –– Max IQ Max IQ

Epson SP 1000

52’59”13 ’46”11’14”3’53”

39’13”2 ’32”7’21”3’53”

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processing inthe computer*

total print time

printingprocessing in

the RIPsending

>>2X 2X Total Performance IncreaseTotal Performance Increasedj5500ps dj5500ps vs.vs. Epson SP 10000 Epson SP 10000 –– Max IQ Max IQ

Epson SP 1000

52’59”13 ’46”11’14”3’53”

39’13”2 ’32”7’21”3’53”

* dj 5500 Web Submitter bypasses processing in the computer

hp designjet 5500ps

24’52”6’09”

0’ 38”

6’47”

6’09” 18’05”Print

READY

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>>2X2X Total Performance Increase Total Performance Increasedj5500psdj5500ps vs.vs. dj5000ps - Production dj5000ps - Production

processing inthe computer*

total print time

printingprocessing inthe RIP

sending

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>>2X2X Total Performance Increase Total Performance Increasedj5500psdj5500ps vs.vs. dj5000ps - Production dj5000ps - Production

processing inthe computer*

total print time

printingprocessing inthe RIP

sending

27” 8’ 20” 0’ 39” 8’ 38”

hp designjet 5000ps

27” 8’ 47” 9’ 26” 18’ 04”

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>>2X2X Total Performance Increase Total Performance Increasedj5500psdj5500ps vs.vs. dj5000ps - Production dj5000ps - Production

processing inthe computer*

total print time

printingprocessing inthe RIP

sending

27” 8’ 20” 0’ 39” 8’ 38”

hp designjet 5000ps

27” 8’ 47” 9’ 26” 18’ 04”

1’ 31”

0’ 40” 6’ 37”

hp designjet 5500ps

* dj 5500 Web Submitter bypasses processing in the computer

1’ 31” 2’ 11” 8’ 48”

Print READY