From funic!fuug!mcsun!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uchinews!lucpum.it.luc.edu!lucpul.it.luc.edu!yshah Wed Feb 19 08:42:21 EET 1992 Article: 5984 of comp.lang.postscript Path: funic!fuug!mcsun!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uchinews!lucpum.it.luc.edu!lucpul.it.luc.edu!yshah From: yshah@lucpul.it.luc.edu (Guessing) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Result of PPST Summary: postscript test Keywords: PPST Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 92 17:39:23 GMT Sender: root@lucpum.it.luc.edu (System PRIVILEGED Account) Organization: Loyola University Chicago Lines: 98 I tried this test only once on each printer, since my manager would get mad if I did like a 100 of each. Hope it helps tho. :) PostScript Processing Speed Test Ver. 3.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Test Executed on: LaserWriter II NTX Adobe PostScritp Version 47.0 Speed Results: Graphics: 19.3945 RAM & fonts: 22.3633 Mathematics: 12.5117 Total: 54.2695 P2ST Index Results: ST-G: 2.8 ST-R: 2.9 ST-M: 3.1 ST : 2.9 Specs on LaserWriter: ----------------------- o On Novell System Via AppleTalk o 35 fonts in ROM o 2 MB RAM o 20 MB SCSI device, 54 fonts on external device ------------------------------------------------------------------ Test Executed on: LaserWriter 15 (TI OmniLaser 2115) Adobe PostScritp Version 47.0 Speed Results: Graphics: 55.6250 RAM & fonts: 68.2500 Mathematics: 39.6250 Total: 163.5000 P2ST Index Results: ST-G: 1.0 ST-R: 0.9 ST-M: 1.0 ST : 1.0 Specs on LaserPrinter 15: ------------------- o On Novell Netware Going Thru Printserver, Parallel Port (one reason for it being slow) o 15 (I think) fonts in ROM o 3 MB RAM (Not Sure) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Test Executed on: Hewlett-Packard LaserJet IIISi Adobe PostScritp Version 52.3 Speed Results: Graphics: 13.0400 RAM & fonts: 2.2320 Mathematics: 5.1160 Total: 20.3880 P2ST Index Results: ST-G: 4.1 ST-R: 28.7 ST-M: 7.5 ST : 7.7 Specs on HP III Si: ------------------- o On Novell Netware Going Thru 4mb line (Reason for it being fast) o 13 proportionally spaced scalable & 14 bitmap fixed-pitch o 5 MB RAM PS: pretty neat test.