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TestObjective
Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) conducted a comparative test of new Canon toner cartridges against ‘compatible’ toner cartridges manufactured by Katun for use on the Canon iR C2380. All cartridges were tested for yield and the devices were tested for image quality and reliability using the respec-tive cartridges. Each cartridge brand was tested on two Canon iR C2380 devices, with each of the devices run to 200,000 impressions.
Four Canon iR C2380s installed at BLI’s Wokingham test facility
COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE TESTING
Canon Toner Cartridges vs. Katun ‘Compatible’ Toner Cartridges
SEPTEMBER 2011
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ExecutiveSummary
In BLI’s lab evaluation, the two Canon iR C2380s running Canon toner did not experience any reliability issues over the course of their 200,000-page tests, with all drums exceeding life and im-age quality remaining stable, with only marginal drop-off in colour gamut size and optical density as drums reached and exceeded end of life. Each Canon model required only one service call, which was simply to replace drums that had exceeded their rated yield. Toner yields were consis-tent with the pattern of slight drop-off as imaging drums approached and exceeded life. Neither device required a cleanup when the second set of imaging drums were installed at circa 110,000 impressions, with only minor leakage of yellow toner at the front of the unit.
In contrast, the two devices running Katun-compatible toner experienced many problems over the course of the test, requiring a total of 14 service calls between them. From the start of the test, both of the devices running Katun toner had an image quality issue—double imaging on docu-ments with heavy coverage close to the leading edge of the page. For both, this issue occurred over the first 25% to 30% of the test period, reappearing again on one of the two devices in the final 25% of the test run. On each occasion the issue was related to a failure of the drums: the repeat image matched the diameter of the imaging drum and was eliminated upon replacement of the drum.
A major issue related to toner leakage and contamination of the imaging station with the Katun toner (especially with cyan and, to a lesser extent, magenta) led to multiple service calls to clean heavily contaminated laser windows that were causing sub-standard image quality. It is also likely that the toner leakage issue caused premature failure of the fuser unit on device D at 180,000 im-pressions. It also contributed to poor toner yield. Indeed, the two devices running the Canon OEM toner cartridges achieved yields that were on average 30% higher for the three color toners and 14.6% higher for black. The difference in the ratio between toner used and waste toner generated was dramatic, with the Katun toner generating 66% more waste toner than the Canon toner. BLI suspects that the toner spillage issues are in part due to a higher quantity of toner being drawn on to the drum during the imaging process from the Katun toner cartridges than from the Canon cartridges. In turn, more toner needs to be cleared from the drum after transfer to the ITB, putting excess strain on the waste toner transport system within the drum unit. Similarly, this could also be the cause of the intermittent double-imaging issue with documents with heavy coverage near the leading edge--the quantity of toner deposited at the front edge of the drum during the imag-ing process may be such that the cleaning blade cannot successfully clear it prior to the second rotation of the drum.
In summary, the Canon toner outperformed the Katun toner in every aspect of BLI’s test, with superior yields, better colour stability, superior device reliability and greatly reduced servicing demands.
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RELIABILITY–SERVICERECORDS
DeviceA(usingCanonOEM-brandedtoner)
SERVICE RECORD
Click Count Event Action
113,861High frequency of light spots observed and fine lines appearing on solids in cyan and magenta
colour regions.
New CMYK drums installed to replace drums that had greatly exceeded their rated lives (rated drum yield is
77,000 for black, 55,000 for CMY). A full auto-gradation procedure was performed. No cleaning of the drum as-
sembly or toner transport path was required.
Notes: BLI observed occasional light spots in solid red fills from 72,198 impressions and solid blue fills from 98,778 impressions, but these were very intermittent and were not determined to be at a level where a typical office user would classify the output as substan-dard. The frequency started to increase at 108,109 pages and was classified as substandard at 113,861 impressions.
DeviceB(usingCanonOEMbrandedtoner)
SERVICE RECORD
Click Count Event Action
105,985High frequency of light spots observed and fine lines appearing on solids in cyan and
magenta colour regions.
New CMYK drums installed to replace drums that had greatly exceeded their rated lives. A full auto-gradation procedure was performed. No cleaning of the drum as-
sembly or toner transport path was required.
Notes: BLI observed lines occasionally from 101,751impressions, but these were very intermittent and were not determined to be at a level where a typical office user would classify the output as substandard. The frequency started to increase and was classified as substandard at 105,985 impressions.
DeviceC(usingKatun-brandedtoner)
SERVICE RECORD
Click Count Event Action
5,036 Double-imaging of CMYK solids near leading edge, 9.5cm to the left of the original image
New CMYK drums installed. A full auto-gradation proce-dure was performed. No cleaning of the drum assembly or
toner transport path was required.
7,548 Double-imaging of CMYK solids near leading edge, 9.5cm to the left of the original image
New CMYK drums installed A full auto-gradation procedure was performed. No cleaning of the drum assembly or toner
transport path was required.
35,130 Light banding in areas containing cyan
Cyan laser window in drum assembly heavily contami-nated with toner. Engineer cleaned it thoroughly, but lines persisted so he replaced the cyan drum, which was only at 50% of advertised life expectancy. Full auto-gradation procedure was performed and the device drum assembly
and toner transport area were thoroughly cleaned and vacuumed due to heavy contamination.
77,272Fading of cyan-based colours from top to
bottom and variation in colour reproduction, especially greens
Cyan laser window in drum assembly heavily con-taminated again with toner. Engineer cleaned the laser
window shutter and surrounding area thoroughly but lines persisted, so he replaced the cyan drum, which was only at 76% of advertised life expectancy. Full auto-gradation
procedure performed and device drum assembly and toner transport area thoroughly cleaned and vacuumed due to
heavy contamination.
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82,754 Fading of cyan-based colours from top to bottom
Cyan laser window again heavily contaminated. Engineer cleaned it thoroughly. The drum was not replaced because
the drum surface was determined to be still in good condition. Device drum assembly and toner transport area thoroughly cleaned and vacuumed due to heavy
contamination.
115,048 Fading of cyan-based colours and lines ap-pearing at bottom of output.
Cyan laser window in drum assembly heavily con-taminated again with toner. Engineer cleaned the laser
window shutter and surrounding area thoroughly, but lines persisted so he replaced the cyan drum (at 68% of drum
life) and the magenta and black drums (magenta and black drums had greatly exceeded advertised drum life expec-tancy). A full auto-gradation procedure was performed, as was a thorough cleaning and vacuuming of device drum
assembly and toner transport area carried out due to heavy contamination.
120,072* Yellow lines across page
Replaced yellow drum, which was at end of life, and performed full auto gradation procedure This action was classified as an extension of the service call at 115,048
since the yellow drum had greatly exceeded its rated life at that point and could have been replaced at the same
time as the cyan, magenta and black drums.
140,542 Fading of cyan-based colours from top to bottom
Cyan laser window again heavily contaminated. Engineer cleaned it thoroughly. The drum was not replaced as its
surface was determined to be still in good condition. The engineer thoroughly cleaned and vacuumed device drum assembly, laser assembly, behind ITB and toner transport
area due to heavy contamination.
180,092 Fading of cyan-based colours from top to bottom
Cyan laser window again heavily contaminated. Engineer cleaned it thoroughly. Drum was changed due to suspected
toner leakage in waste toner transport area. Engineer thoroughly cleaned and vacuumed device drum assembly, laser assembly, behind ITB and toner transport area due to heavy contamination. Drum was at 118% of advertised life
expectancy.
Notes: Double imaging of solids near leading edge continued to affect image quality up to image quality samples printed at 50,000 impressions. After that time, the issue was not observed.
Service calls to the device required a lengthy cleaning period on most occasions, with the imaging unit, including drums, laser windows and transfer belt, all being heavily contaminated with toner. There was also significant toner contamination/leakage in the waste toner area.
* This service call is classified as an extension of service call at 115,048, as the yellow drum had already exceeded its life at the 115K visit and could therefore have been replaced at the same time as the cyan, magenta and black drums.
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DeviceD(usingKatunbrandedtoner)
SERVICE RECORD
Click Count Event Action
5,131 Double-imaging of CMYK solids near leading edge, 9.5cm to the left of the original image
New CMYK drums installed A full auto-gradation procedure was performed. No cleaning of the drum
assembly or toner transport path was required.
7,699Double-imaging of CMYK solids near leading edge, with double-image occurring 9.5cm further along
paper path.
New CMYK drums were installed and a full auto-gradation procedure was performed. No cleaning of the drum assembly or toner transport path was
required.
29,972 Light banding in areas containing magenta
Engineer cleaned the laser window shutter and sur-rounding area thoroughly, but light banding persisted and therefore he replaced the magenta drum, which was only at 40% of advertised life expectancy. Full auto-gradation procedure was conducted and the engineer thoroughly cleaned and vacuumed the
device drum assembly and toner transport area due to heavy contamination.
120,049 Faded band in cyan-based colours at bottom of page.
Engineer cleaned the laser window shutter and surrounding area thoroughly but faded band per-
sisted, so he replaced cyan drum which had greatly exceeded advertised life expectancy. Full auto-
gradation procedure was conducted and engineer thoroughly cleaned and vacuumed device drum assembly and toner transport area due to heavy
contamination.
133,386 Solid black and yellow line generated on every page.
Engineer cleaned the laser window shutter and sur-rounding area thoroughly but lines persisted, so en-gineer replaced the black and yellow drums, which had both greatly exceeded advertised life expec-
tancy. Full auto-gradation procedure was performed and engineer thoroughly cleaned and vacuumed
device drum assembly and toner transport area due to heavy contamination.
149,231* Solid magenta line across page
Replaced magenta drum, which was at end of life, and performed full auto-gradation procedure. Clas-sified as an extension of service call at 133,386, as the magenta drum had already greatly exceeded its rated life at that point and could therefore have been replaced at the same time as the yellow and black
drums.
159,979 Double-imaging of CMYK solids near leading edge, 9.5cm to the left of the original image.
New CMYK drums installed (after only 10,748 impressions). A full auto-gradation procedure was performed. No cleaning of the drum assembly or
toner transport path was required.
Notes: Double imaging of solids near the leading edge continued to affect image quality up to 70,000 impressions, after which the issue was not observed again on image quality samples until 159,979 impressions into the test. Drums were replaced, but the double imaging issue recurred within 10,000 impressions and was observed intermittently until the end of the test.
Service calls to the device required a lengthy cleaning period on most occasions, with the imaging unit, including drums, laser windows and transfer belt, all being heavily contaminated with toner. There was also significant toner contamination/leakage in the waste toner area.
* This service call is classified as an extension of service call at 133,386 as the magenta drum had already exceeded its rated life at the 133K visit and therefore it could have been replaced at the same time as the yellow and black drums.
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GeneralReliabilityAndServicingObservations
Canon toner devices (Devices A and B)
The two devices running Canon toner experienced no reliability issues over their 200,000-impres-sion test runs, with only one service call per device to replace CMYK drums that had significantly exceeded their rated life and had therefore begun producing unacceptably degraded image quality.
The imaging stations on both devices were very clean, with only some yellow toner leakage around the waste toner bottle. Neither device required a cleaning during their mid-test drum replacement.
Katun toner devices (Devices C and D)
Double-Imaging Issue:
Both devices running Katun toner experienced issues with double imaging when there was heavy coverage close to the leading edge, with a repeat image visible 9.5cm to the left of the original image. This problem was not present when the Katun toner was first installed in the devices, with the output produced 500 impressions into the test runs showing no evidence of this issue on either device. How-ever, at the 5,000-impression image quality evaluation, double imaging could clearly be seen on the output from both devices. This problem was eliminated when new drums were installed. To determine how quickly the issue might return, BLI conducted an image quality evaluation after another 2,500 impressions and observed that the repeat image recurred. It should be noted that the issue is specific to the presence of heavy coverage close to the leading edge of the document. On the ISO24712 test document, which was used for the yield and general reliability performance of the devices, there was no evidence of double-imaging. At this point the drums were replaced again and the image quality defect was again eliminated. Below are a selection of scans that show the results of a test BLI con-ducted to investigate the relationship between the double-imaging and the location of the original image. As the images show, the double-imaging issue becomes less prominent as the solid print area is located further away from the leading edge. BLI continued the test from this point on, having made the decision to exclude the double-imaging problem as a cause for classifying a drum as end of life and instead looked for other image quality defects when making the call on end-of-life status. The double-imaging issue continued to be monitored every 5,000 impressions. It was no longer evident beyond 50,000 impressions in output produced by device C and in output produced between 70,000 and 159,979 impressions on device D. At 159,979 impressions, output produced by device D again started showing double-imaging issues, which continued intermittently until the end of the test.
Device C with Katun toner at 7,652 impressions (2,652 impressions after new drum set exchange)
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Samples showing double-imaging issue throughout first part of test on Katun toner devices
Black line at printable leading edge Black line 3cm away from border Black line 7cm away from border
Toner Contamination of the Laser Windows:
Device C suffered from recurring cyan toner spillage, which on several occasions resulted in image quality degradation due to contamination of the laser window. Contamination was heavier towards the front of the device, gradually lessening in severity towards the rear of the device. This resulted in uneven cyan placement on the page and colour inconsistency (see samples below, where the two green blocks on the ISO test file are supposed to be the same colour but are clearly different due to irregularities in the CMYK mix). The cyan toner spillages also caused premature failure of cyan drums.
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Illustration of impact of laser window contamination with KATUN toner
Toner Contamination in the Fuser Unit:
Device D experienced issues with toner in the fuser unit, causing marks on printed output. At 11,503 pages into the test, this was observed as a mark at the bottom of printed output. This was investi-gated and, as the photos below show, it was proven to be caused by a large toner deposit on the fuser roller. The issue was not present for long on this occasion, with the fuser’s cleaning system removing the excess toner successfully.
Marks on printouts due to toner contamination on fuser roller Fuser with toner contamination
However, at 180,000 impressions black marks were observed on the bottom and reverse side of printed output, as illustrated in the photos below, and gradually became worse, appearing on every printed page by the end of the test. Upon close investigation at the end of the test, a built-up deposit of black toner could be seen behind a fuser roller cleaning blade in a location corresponding to the location of the black marks on the printed output.
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Black marks on front and back of printed output at 200,000 impressions due to fuser contamination
Black toner behind the fuser cleaner blade at 200,000 impressions due to fuser contamination
Same location on device A fuser (using Canon toner) at end of 200,000-impression test with no toner buildup behind the cleaner blade
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Toner Leakage Issues:
Both devices running the Katun toner were considerably more contaminated with toner than the devices using Canon toner, requiring multiple clean-ups during the test. A selection of images high-lighting the differences are provided below.
Imaging station on Device A with Canon toner after 200,000 impressions, with no intermediate clean and with only minor toner deposits
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Imaging station on Device C with Katun toner at 115,000 impressions, 37,755 impressions after the clean-up at 77,245 impressions.
Device C with toner contamination at 140,542, 25,542 impressions after clean-up at the 115,000-impression service call.
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Toner Contamination at Front of Device Due to Waste Toner Transport Failures
The images below relate to the area behind this panel
Back of panel on device C showing significant Katun toner buildup / spillage after 140,000 impressions
Back of panel on device C at 140,000 impressions after clean-up Back of panel on device C at 180,000 impressions (40,000 impressions later)
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Device A panel after 200,000 impressions with no intermediate cleaning
Toner Contamination Behind ITB Belt
Panel behind ITB on Device C with Katun toner at 134K
Panel behind ITB on Device D with Katun toner at 140K
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Panel behind ITB on Device A with Canon toner at end of 200K test with no intermediate cleaning
ServiceCallSummary
Device A with Canon toner
Device B with Canon toner
Device C with Katun toner
Device D with Katun toner
Service Calls 1 1 8 6
Service call on Katun devices, excluding double imaging due to high coverage at leading edge defect
Not applicable Not applicable 6 3
DrumsRequiredToComplete200,000-ImpressionTest
Device A with Canon toner
Device B with Canon toner
Device C with Katun toner
Device D with Katun toner
Service Calls 8 8 19 21
Drums required, excluding changes for double imaging due to high coverage at lead-ing edge defect
Not applicable Not applicable 11 9
TONERANDWASTETONERBOTTLEYIELDSUMMARY
Summary of Average Toner Yield Data
Canon Toner Katun Toner Canon v Katun Canon Yield Advantage
Cyan 14,155.3 10,625.3 +3,530.0 33.22%
Magenta 11,999.9 9,400.8 +2,599.0 27.65%
Yellow 12,391.1 9,550.4 +2,840.7 29.74%
Black 28,396.9 24,773.6 +3,623.3 14.63%
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Total Number of Cartridges Consumed to Complete 200,000-Impression Test on Both Units*
Canon Toner Katun Toner
Device A Device B Device C Device D
Cyan 14 15 21 18
Magenta 17 18 22 22
Yellow 16 17 21 22
Black 7 7 9 8
TOTAL 111 143
* Includes toner cartridges not completely full at end of 200,000-impression print run.
Summary of Waste Toner Bottle Yield Data
Canon Toner Katun Toner
Device A Device B Device C Device D
Net Weight per bottle 519.7g 527.1g 561.3g 568.0g
Number of bottles required to complete test * 12 12 19 17
Total waste toner weight over test in full containers 5,716.8g 5,798.5g 10,103.1g 9,088.5g
Average Yield per Bottle 17,090 17,637 10,001 11,977
* Includes waste toner bottles not completely full at end of 200,000 impression print run.
The Canon toner demonstrated a clear yield advantage of 30.3 across the CMY colour toners and and a 14.6% advantage on the black toner cartridges. With image quality produced by the device running the Katun toner showing comparable or worse image quality, the toner yield deficit cannot be justified by the argument that the Katun toner uses more toner on the page, presumably deliver-ing higher-density printed output; only solid black solids had a significantly higher optical density with the Katun toner. Neither can the reason be the amount of toner supplied in the Katun toner cartridges, with the net average weight of toner in the Katun toner cartridges being within 0.5% of that in the Canon cartridges.
The cause of the toner yield deficiency with the Katun toner would appear to be the much higher levels of loss/waste of toner during the imaging process, with leakage inside the device causing im-age quality and servicing issues as discussed earlier, and also into the waste toner bottle, resulting in lower yields per bottle, raising parts costs. In fact, the amount of waste toner generated on the devices running Katun toner was substantially higher—66% higher—than that for the two devices running the Canon toner; the two devices running Katun toner generated a combined 19,191.6g of waste toner (excluding waste toner in the bottles still inside the devices at the end of the test) versus a combined total of only 11,515g of toner from the two devices running the Canon toner, which is 7,676.3g less than that wasted on the devices using Katun toner.
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IMAGEQUALITYSUMMARY
Solid Fill Image Density Results Summary Over 200,000 Impressions
Devices Using Canon Toner Devices Using Katun Toner
Device A Device B Device C Device D
Cyan 0.69 0.73 0.81 0.76
Magenta 1.13 1.17 1.14 1.14
Yellow 0.83 0.80 0.76 0.82
Black 1.48 1.46 1.65 1.61
The optical density results showed no clear advantage to either toner brand for CMY solids but Ka-tun delivered higher optical density for solid black output.
Colour Gamut Image Density Results Summary Over 200,000 Impressions
Devices Using Canon Toner Devices Using Katun Toner
Device A Device B Device C Device D
Highest Gamut Size 267,072 259,697 276,856 252,150
Lowest Gamut Size 201,351 180,926 172,017 152,211
Range 65,721 78,771 104,839 99,939
Average 230,745 226,418 227,673 204,303
The colour gamut size and shape proved to be more consistent with the Canon OEM toner. Maxi-mum colour gamut size over the 200,000-impression tests was comparable for the Canon and Katun toners. However, the devices using Katun toner suffered from larger drops in gamut size and also had a less consistent shape compared to the Canon toner devices.
Colour Drift Image Density Results Summary Over 200,000 Impressions
Devices Using Canon Toner Devices Using Katun Toner
Device A Device B Device C Device D
Peak Delta E 12.8 14.8 21.1 21.6
Mean Delta E 4.5 4.5 7.0 7.6
The output produced by devices running Canon toner displayed superior colour consistency, with the mean colour drift for both devices at Delta E 4.5, versus the devices running Katun toner, which both had mean Delta E drifts exceeding 7. Note: Delta E is a measure of how close two colours are to each other, with a Delta E of zero indicating a perfect match. Delta E of 4 is commonly regarded as the level at which the typical user can discern a difference between two samples.
In addition to the poorer colour consistency in the output from page to page of devices running Katun toner, one of the two devices also suffered from a repeating issue of colour inconsistencies on the same page. This was due to toner spillage inside the device that contaminated the laser win-dows resulting in inconsistencies in the discharging of the drum.
With certain documents with heavy coverage solids located near the leading edge of the page, image quality on the output produced by the devices running Katun toner was further affected by double-imaging. This issue was observed on both devices running the Katun toner as discussed earlier in the report.
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TestMethodology
BLI ran four new Canon imageRUNNER C2380 for 200,000 impressions, two with Canon-manufac-tured toner cartridges and two with Katun’s ‘compatible’ toner cartridges. Each device was oper-ated in default mode, with PCL as the page description language. Toner and waste toner bottle page yields, cartridge reliability and image quality were evaluated per the following:
ISO/IEC 24712 Test Target
Toner Yield: Yield was determined by using a five-page test suite as specified in ISO 24712 and compared. All cartridges were weighed before and after testing to determine net toner weight and impressions per gram of toner. Each toner cartridge and waste toner bottle was run until the “toner empty” or “waste toner bottle full’”warning was displayed on the MFP control panel, after which the cartridge or bottle was removed and weighed, and the page count was recorded. Test results for the Katun-supplied brand were compared to those for the original Canon brand cartridges. The “av-erage-pages-printed” was calculated using all cartridges tested (including all “out-of-box” failures and print quality and reliability failures that occurred). Any cartridge malfunctions, including “out-of-box” failures, operational failures, toner leakage, drum flaws and background on printed pages, as well as device malfunctions caused by cartridges (such as fuser damage due to toner caking) were recorded. (Cartridges classified as “out-of-box” failures are those that either could not be run due to excessive toner leakage, or broken or missing parts, as well as cartridges that produced only 20 or fewer acceptable pages in the test).
Hardware Observations: BLI test technicians photographed any toner spillage, error messages, dusting, contamination inside the devices, and image quality defects.
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Reliability: Throughout testing, BLI test technicians recorded any cartridge malfunctions, such as operational failure, toner leakage and background on printed pages, as well as device malfunctions caused by cartridges. In the event of excessive toner leakage causing imaging drum failure, the device was thoroughly vacuumed out and cleaned before new cartridges and imaging drums were installed.
Image Quality: When evaluating image quality, BLI test technicians printed BLI proprietary test charts and a 300-patch ICC profile at the beginning of testing and every 5,000 pages throughout the test run of 200,000 pages. From these samples optical density, colour drift, colour gamut size and general image quality were recorded.
Colour gamut size is measured using an EFI ES1000 colour spectrophotometer and the ICC colour profile CIE gamut size is measured using Chromix ColorThink Pro software.
Colour drift/consistency is measured using a BLI test target with 12 spot colours. Colours on the test target printout are measured every 5,000 impressions and compared against the same spot colour patches generated at 500 impressions into the test. The colour drift is measured using an EFI ES1000 colour spectrophotometer and GretagMacbeth EyeOne Share software.
Solid fill optical density is measured using an XRite 508 densitometer.
Test environment/conditions:
All testing was conducted in a controlled environment at Buyers Lab’s test facility located at 1 Sta-tion Industrial Estate, Wokingham, UK, per the following conditions:
Temperature was maintained within 20°C and 25°C, with daily conditions monitored and logged 24/7 by a Seven-Day Temperature/Humidity Chart Recorder.
Relative humidity was maintained within 35% and 65%, with daily conditions monitored and logged 24/7 by a Seven-Day Temperature/Humidity Chart Recorder.
Materials conditioning: Printers, paper and cartridges were acclimatized to the above conditions for a minimum of 24 hours before testing. Prior to acclimatization, packaging and shipping materials were opened in a manner that prevented light damage from occurring to the print cartridges during acclimation. Paper was acclimatized in a ream wrapper.
Acquisition of materials, supplies and service:
All testing was conducted in BLI’s environmentally controlled test facility, using BLI test instrumenta-tion, workstations and network.
BLI procured all Katun and Canon toner cartridges through customary retail suppliers in multiple batches per brand, consistent with open market purchases. All paper used in yield / reliability test-ing was Canon Extra 80gsm and image quality analysis was conducted using UPM multitech 80gsm media.
The four Canon imageRUNNER C2380 MFPs were provided by Canon Europe Ltd. The selection of the two devices to be used for each brand test was made by BLI at random.
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SuppoRTing TeST DaTa
Keytosupportingdatatables
Full Weight Cartridge weight after all packaging is removed
End Weight Cartridge weight at end of test
Net Weight Amount of toner consumed in test (full weight – end weight)
TON Toner-Out Notification
ETL Excessive toner leakage
IQD Image quality defect
NFD Not fully depleted by end of 200,000-impression test period
TonerAndWasteTonerConsumableYieldSupportingData
DeviceAUsingCanonOEMCartridges(printerserialnumberHMA09797)
CYAN TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 381.7 124.5 257.2 14 15,039 15,025 58.4 TON
2 381.9 124.5 257.4 15,039 29,492 14,453 56.1 TON
3 381.4 124.8 256.6 29,492 42,588 13,096 51.0 TON
4 381.2 124.1 257.1 42,588 55,675 13,087 50.9 TON
5 381.4 124.2 257.2 55,675 68,692 13,017 50.6 TON
6 382.9 125.8 257.1 68,692 81,881 13,189 51.3 TON
7 382.3 126.6 255.7 81,881 94,912 13,031 51.0 TON
8 382.8 125.2 257.6 94,912 109,992 15,080 58.5 TON
9 382.7 125.5 257.2 109,992 126,012 16,020 62.3 TON
10 383.9 125.8 258.1 126,012 141,961 15,949 61.8 TON
11 383.0 125.9 257.1 141,961 157,731 15,770 61.3 TON
12 382.8 125.0 257.8 157,731 173,969 16,238 63.0 TON
13 383.2 125.4 257.8 173,969 189,398 15,429 59.8 TON
Average 382.4 125.2 257.2 14,568.0 56.6
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MAGENTA TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 381.8 125.3 256.5 14 13,354 13,340 52.0 TON
2 381.9 125.2 256.7 13,354 26,204 12,850 50.1 TON
3 381.7 125.4 256.3 26,204 38,006 11,802 46.0 TON
4 381.4 125.8 255.6 38,006 49,102 11,096 43.4 TON
5 381.5 124.8 256.7 49,102 60,535 11,433 44.5 TON
6 382.0 125.2 256.8 60,535 71,630 11,095 43.2 TON
7 381.7 125.3 256.4 71,630 82,689 11,059 43.1 TON
8 382.2 125.7 256.5 82,689 93,812 11,123 43.4 TON
9 383.2 125.6 257.6 93,812 106,119 12,307 47.8 TON
10 382.0 125.9 256.1 106,119 119,100 12,981 50.7 TON
11 382.7 125.6 257.1 119,100 132,357 13,257 51.6 TON
12 384.7 125.4 259.3 132,357 145,331 12,974 50.0 TON
13 383.0 125.6 257.4 145,331 158,055 12,724 49.4 TON
14 381.5 126.8 254.7 158,055 170,974 12,919 50.7 TON
15 382.5 126.2 256.3 170,974 183,439 12,465 48.6 TON
16 383.3 125.8 257.5 183,439 196,099 12,660 49.2 TON
Average 382.3 125.6 256.7 12,255.3 47.7
YELLOW TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 381.4 125.8 255.6 14 13326 13,312 52.1 TON
2 382.2 124.5 257.7 13,326 26,308 12,982 50.4 TON
3 382.4 124.7 257.7 26,308 38,259 11,951 46.4 TON
4 382.5 124.7 257.8 38,254 49,711 11,457 44.4 TON
5 382.2 124.4 257.8 49,711 61,650 11,939 46.3 TON
6 382.3 125.1 257.2 61,650 73,260 11,610 45.1 TON
7 382.5 124.6 257.9 73,260 84,994 11,734 45.5 TON
8 381.4 125.4 256.0 84,994 97,159 12,165 47.5 TON
9 382.3 125.4 256.9 97,159 110,477 13,318 51.8 TON
10 381.6 125.6 256.0 110,477 124,035 13,558 53.0 TON
11 382.2 126.1 256.1 124,035 136,962 12,927 50.5 TON
12 382.5 125.8 256.7 136,962 149,747 12,785 49.8 TON
13 382.4 126.2 256.2 149,747 162,767 13,020 50.8 TON
14 382.3 124.9 257.4 162,767 175,941 13,174 51.2 TON
15 380.1 125.5 254.6 175,941 188,464 12,523 49.2 TON
Average 382.0 125.2 256.8 12,563.7 48.9
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BLACK TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 767.0 195.5 571.5 14 30,563 30,549 53.5 TON
2 766.5 196.0 570.5 30,563 57,279 26,716 46.8 TON
3 766.3 196.1 570.2 57,279 82,338 25,059 43.9 TON
4 765.6 195.0 570.6 82,338 108,778 26,440 46.3 TON
5 765.7 193.6 572.1 108,778 142,204 33,426 58.4 TON
6 765.6 194.2 571.4 142,204 173,759 31,555 55.2 TON
Average 766.1 195.1 571.1 28,957.5 50.7
WASTE TONER USAGE
Number Start Wt End Wt Net Wt Click Start Click End Net Clicks
1 239.7 758.7 519.0 0 18,928 18,928
2 239.7 751.8 512.1 18,928 36,057 17,129
3 239.7 745.9 506.2 36,057 51,835 15,778
4 239.7 722.4 482.7 51,835 67,056 15,221
5 239.7 779.4 539.7 67,056 83,121 16,065
6 239.7 782.1 542.4 83,121 98,779 15,658
7 239.7 751.2 511.5 98,779 113,858 15,079
8 239.7 785.3 545.6 113,858 134,388 20,530
9 239.7 766 526.3 134,388 152,304 17,916
10 239.7 760.6 520.9 152,304 171,211 18,907
11 239.7 750.1 510.4 171,211 187,998 16,787
Average 759.4 519.7 17,090.73
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DeviceBUsingCanonOEMCartridges(printerserialnumberHMA09474)
CYAN TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 381.5 124.6 256.9 12 14,554 14,542 56.6 TON
2 381.1 124.3 256.8 14,554 27,919 13,365 52.0 TON
3 381.4 124.4 257.0 27,919 40,756 12,837 49.9 TON
4 381.2 124.7 256.5 40,756 52,982 12,226 47.7 TON
5 381.3 125.1 256.2 52,982 64,867 11,885 46.4 TON
6 383.4 126.0 257.4 64,867 76,762 11,895 46.2 TON
7 383.2 126.5 256.7 76,762 88,686 11,924 46.5 TON
8 383.0 125.3 257.7 88,686 102,293 13,607 52.8 TON
9 382.1 125.4 256.7 102,293 117,461 15,168 59.1 TON
10 382.3 125.0 257.3 117,461 132,985 15,524 60.3 TON
11 382.7 125.3 257.4 132,985 148,221 15,236 59.2 TON
12 382.1 125.1 257.0 148,221 163,571 15,350 59.7 TON
13 382.6 125.2 257.4 163,571 178,073 14,502 56.3 TON
14 382.2 126.6 255.6 178,073 192,408 14,335 56.1 TON
Average 382.2 125.3 256.9 13,742.6 53.5
MAGENTA TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 381.4 125.7 255.7 12 12,451 12,439 48.6 TON
2 381.5 126.1 255.4 12451 24,304 11,853 46.4 TON
3 381.6 125.4 256.2 24,304 35,596 11,292 44.1 TON
4 381.5 124.1 257.4 35,596 46,604 11,008 42.8 TON
5 381.7 124.0 257.7 46,604 57,121 10,517 40.8 TON
6 382.0 125.4 256.6 57,121 67,329 10,208 39.8 TON
7 381.4 126.2 255.2 67,329 77,527 10,198 40.0 TON
8 382.1 127.0 255.1 77,527 87,614 10,087 39.5 TON
9 382.4 125.7 256.7 87,614 98,811 11,197 43.6 TON
10 382.1 125.5 256.6 98,811 110,863 12,052 47.0 TON
11 382.8 126.4 256.4 110,863 124,351 13,488 52.6 TON
12 381.1 125.4 255.7 124,351 137,486 13,135 51.4 TON
13 384.2 126.2 258.0 137,486 150,116 12,630 49.0 TON
14 382.1 126.6 255.5 150,116 162,841 12,725 49.8 TON
15 384.0 125.9 258.1 162,841 175,228 12,387 48.0 TON
16 377.2 125.5 251.7 175,228 187,335 12,107 48.1 TON
17 382.7 126.6 256.1 187,335 199,667 12,332 48.2 TON
Average 381.9 125.7 256.1 11,744.4 45.9
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YELLOW TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 381.7 125.1 256.6 12 12,636 12,624 49.2 TON
2 381.5 125.1 256.4 12,636 24,505 11,869 46.3 TON
3 382.0 124.5 257.5 24,505 36,037 11,532 44.8 TON
4 382.1 124.6 257.5 36,037 47,117 11,080 43.0 TON
5 381.8 124.6 257.2 47,117 58,037 10,920 42.5 TON
6 382.0 125.4 256.6 58,037 68,717 10,680 41.6 TON
7 382.0 124.9 257.1 68,717 79,657 10,940 42.6 TON
8 382.4 124.6 257.8 79,657 90,590 10,933 42.4 TON
9 382.2 124.7 257.5 90,950 102,897 11,947 46.4 TON
10 382.1 125.6 256.5 102,897 116,640 13,743 53.6 TON
11 382.5 126.0 256.5 116,640 130,263 13,623 53.1 TON
12 380.1 124.6 255.5 130,263 143,515 13,252 51.9 TON
13 380.3 125.7 254.6 143,515 156,998 13,483 53.0 TON
14 380.5 125.7 254.8 156,998 170,227 13,229 51.9 TON
15 382.6 126.2 256.4 170,227 182,357 12,130 47.3 TON
16 382.0 125.6 256.4 182,357 195,867 13,510 52.7 TON
Average 381.7 125.2 256.6 12,218.4 47.6
BLACK TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 766.3 196.6 569.7 12 28,114 28,102 49.3 TON
2 766.6 196.1 570.5 28,102 53,909 25,807 45.2 TON
3 767.2 196.6 570.6 53,209 78,256 25,047 43.9 TON
4 765.6 194.8 570.8 78,256 102,006 23,750 41.6 TON
5 765.5 194.8 570.7 102,006 134,560 32,554 57.0 TON
6 766.5 195.7 570.8 134,560 166,318 31,758 55.6 TON
Average 766.3 195.8 570.5 27,836.3 48.8
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WASTE TONER USAGE
Number Start Wt End Wt Net Wt Click Start Click End Net Clicks
1 239.7 768.1 528.4 0 19,152 19,152
2 239.7 728.6 488.9 19,152 36,042 16,890
3 239.7 760.8 521.1 36,042 50,590 14,548
4 239.7 858.3 618.6 50,590 76,649 26,059
5 239.7 762.5 522.8 76,649 91,110 14,461
6 239.7 764.4 524.7 91,110 105,981 14,871
7 239.7 757.9 518.2 105,981 126,313 20,332
8 239.7 748.9 509.2 126,313 143,455 17,142
9 239.7 749.6 509.9 143,455 160,190 16,735
10 239.7 781.7 542.0 160,190 177,733 17,543
11 239.7 754.4 514.7 177,733 194,007 16,274
Average 766.8 527.1 17,637
DeviceCUsingKatunCartridges(printerserialnumberHMA08170)
CYAN TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 381.3 124.1 257.2 14 12,777 12,763 49.6 TON
2 379.3 125.2 254.1 12,777 24,309 11,532 45.4 TON
3 380.0 125.2 254.8 2,309 31,785 7,476 29.3 TON
4 381.2 124.7 256.5 31,785 42,243 10,458 40.8 TON
5 380.9 124.4 256.5 42,243 53,123 10,880 42.4 TON
6 379.9 124.2 255.7 53,123 62,234 9,111 35.6 TON
7 382.0 124.7 257.3 62,234 69,130 6,896 26.8 TON
8 379.3 124.5 254.8 69,130 75,384 6,254 24.5 TON
9 380.7 125.9 254.8 75,384 91,131 15,747 61.8 TON
10 381.0 123.6 257.4 91,131 107,589 16,458 63.9 TON
11 379.6 124.0 255.6 107,589 120,902 13,313 52.1 TON
12 381.2 124.8 256.4 120,902 130,543 9,641 37.6 TON
13 381.4 124.9 256.5 130,543 138,897 8,354 32.6 TON
14 382.9 125.6 257.3 138,897 145,842 6,945 27.0 TON
15 382.8 124.2 258.6 145,842 153,593 7,751 30.0 TON
16 382.9 125.7 257.2 153,593 161,033 7,440 28.9 TON
17 382.7 126.3 256.4 161,033 167,180 6,147 24.0 TON
18 384.1 128.1 256.0 167,180 173,312 6,132 24.0 TON
19 383.0 126.6 256.4 173,312 179,488 6,176 24.1 TON
20 382.8 124.4 258.4 179,488 191,973 12,485 48.3 TON
Average 381.5 125.1 256.4 9,598.0 37.4
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MAGENTA TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 381.6 124.2 257.4 14 11,264 11,250 43.7 TON
2 380.7 127.2 253.5 11,264 22,034 10,770 42.5 TON
3 380.8 126.6 254.2 22,034 31,763 9,729 38.3 TON
4 381.4 127.0 254.4 31,763 41,098 9,335 36.7 TON
5 380.9 124.4 256.5 42,243 53,123 10,880 42.4 TON
6 380.8 126.9 253.9 49,187 58,946 9,759 38.4 TON
7 381.0 126.0 255.0 58,946 67,479 8,533 33.5 TON
8 380.0 126.4 253.6 67,479 75,735 8,256 32.6 TON
9 383.1 126.7 256.4 75,735 83,716 7,981 31.1 TON
10 379.3 123.8 255.5 83,716 92,553 8,837 34.6 TON
11 380.5 124.8 255.7 92,553 101,731 9,178 35.9 TON
12 382.1 125.4 256.7 101,731 121,388 19,657 76.6 TON
13 379.3 129.3 250.0 121,388 129,983 8,595 34.4 TON
14 379.9 124.7 255.2 129,983 144,995 15,012 58.8 TON
15 380.1 126.6 253.5 144,995 152,348 7,353 29.0 TON
16 380.7 126.0 254.7 152,348 160,193 7,845 30.8 TON
17 379.2 126.7 252.5 160,193 167,257 7,064 28.0 TON
18 379.8 125.2 254.6 167,257 174,890 7,633 30.0 TON
19 381.0 126.5 254.5 174,890 182,033 7,143 28.1 TON
20 379.4 126.2 253.2 182,033 190,173 8,140 32.1 TON
21 379.3 126.4 252.9 190,173 197,551 7,378 29.2 TON
Average 380.5 126.0 254.5 9,539.4 37.5
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YELLOW TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 382.5 125.5 257.0 14 10,918 10,904 42.4 TON
2 380.7 126.8 253.9 10,918 21,564 10,646 41.9 TON
3 381.2 127.2 254.0 21,564 31,363 9,799 38.6 TON
4 378.8 128.1 250.7 31,363 40,599 9,236 36.8 TON
5 382.0 121.0 261.0 40,599 49,078 8,479 32.5 TON
6 382.1 128.6 253.5 49,078 58,891 9,813 38.7 TON
7 379.9 127.4 252.5 58,891 68,904 10,013 39.7 TON
8 379.6 127.7 251.9 68,904 77,119 8,215 32.6 TON
9 380.0 128.6 251.4 77,119 86,769 9,650 38.4 TON
10 381.0 127.3 253.7 86,769 97,113 10,344 40.8 TON
11 381.1 126.6 254.5 97,113 107,379 10,266 40.3 TON
12 380.3 126.9 253.4 107,379 117,597 10,218 40.3 TON
13 381.7 126.1 255.6 117,597 128,412 10,815 42.3 TON
14 381.2 125.5 255.7 128,412 138,410 9,998 39.1 TON
15 380.0 126.6 253.4 138,410 147,900 9,490 37.5 TON
16 380.4 127.0 253.4 147,900 157,308 9,408 37.1 TON
17 379.6 126.1 253.5 157,308 167,175 9,867 38.9 TON
18 381.7 126.6 255.1 167,175 176,925 9,750 38.2 TON
19 379.6 125.9 253.7 176,925 186,133 9,208 36.3 TON
20 380.0 130.8 249.2 186,133 195,195 9,062 36.4 TON
Average 380.7 126.8 253.9 9,759.1 38.4
BLACK TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 766.7 193.6 573.1 14 22,654 22,640 39.5 TON
2 767.5 193.7 573.8 22,654 42,738 20,084 35.0 TON
3 765.6 193.4 572.2 42,738 64,184 21,446 37.5 TON
4 764.7 195.7 569.0 64,182 85,763 21,581 37.9 TON
5 765.5 191.6 573.9 85,763 113,003 27,240 47.5 TON
6 769.2 196.5 572.7 113,003 138,488 25,485 44.5 TON
7 765.6 192.9 572.7 138,488 160,763 22,275 38.9 TON
8 766.6 193.9 572.7 160,763 184,326 23,563 41.1 TON
Average 766.4 193.9 572.5 23,039.3 40.2
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WASTE TONER USAGE
Number Start Wt End Wt Net Wt Click Start Click End Net Clicks
1 239.7 766.3 526.6 0 18,584 18,584
2 239.7 765.5 525.8 18,584 28,401 9,817
3 239.7 795.1 555.4 28,401 35,130 6,729
4 239.7 828.7 589.0 35,130 46,683 11,553
5 239.7 747.8 508.1 46,683 55,414 8,731
6 239.7 805.7 566.0 55,414 64,919 9,505
7 239.7 825.4 585.7 64,919 72,919 8,000
8 239.7 806.8 567.1 72,919 82,746 9,827
9 239.7 777.4 537.7 82,746 95,009 12,263
10 239.7 794.4 554.7 95,009 107,589 12,580
11 239.7 831.6 591.9 107,589 123,171 15,582
12 239.7 793.3 553.6 123,171 133,057 9,886
13 239.7 794.3 554.6 133,057 140,538 7,481
14 239.7 816.6 576.9 140,538 148,812 8,274
15 239.7 821.8 582.1 148,812 157,402 8,590
16 239.7 803.1 563.4 157,402 165,007 7,605
17 239.7 813.2 573.5 165,007 173,230 8,223
18 239.7 830.7 591.0 173,230 180,028 6,798
Average 801.0 561.3 10,001.56
DeviceDUsingKatunCartridges(printerserialnumberHMA09798)
CYAN TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 380.2 124.3 255.9 21 12,878 12,857 50.2 TON
2 381.0 125.6 255.4 12,878 25,615 12,737 49.9 TON
3 381.9 124.6 257.3 25,615 37,206 11,591 45.0 TON
4 382.2 125.4 256.8 37,206 47,664 10,458 40.7 TON
5 381.6 124.1 257.5 47,664 58,774 11,110 43.1 TON
6 382.0 123.4 258.6 58,774 69,084 10,310 39.9 TON
7 381.0 123.7 257.3 69,084 79,171 10,087 39.2 TON
8 382.3 124.1 258.2 79,171 89,323 10,152 39.3 TON
9 380.9 124.7 256.2 89,323 100,829 11,506 44.9 TON
10 378.8 123.1 255.7 100,829 111,731 10,902 42.6 TON
11 379.5 125.6 253.9 111,731 124,013 12,282 48.4 TON
12 382.9 124.2 258.7 124,013 138,038 14,025 54.2 TON
13 380.3 124.1 256.2 138,038 151,320 13,282 51.8 TON
14 381.6 123.7 257.9 151,320 164,651 13,331 51.7 TON
15 381.6 125.6 256.0 164,651 178,199 13,548 52.9 TON
16 380.3 125.0 255.3 178,199 188,856 10,657 41.7 TON
17 380.1 126.5 253.6 188,856 198,116 9,260 36.5 TON
Average 381.1 124.6 256.5 11,652.6 45.4
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MAGENTA TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 380.4 124.6 255.8 21 11,413 11,392 44.5 TON
2 381.0 125.1 255.9 11,413 22,360 10,947 42.8 TON
3 381.9 122.5 259.4 22,360 32,004 9,644 37.2 TON
4 381.6 125.5 256.1 32,004 42,112 10,108 39.5 TON
5 382.1 126.1 256.0 42,112 50,829 8,717 34.1 TON
6 381.2 124.0 257.2 50,829 60,989 10,160 39.5 TON
7 381.5 123.5 258.0 60,989 69,923 8,934 34.6 TON
8 382.4 125.8 256.6 69,923 78,139 8,216 32.0 TON
9 381.9 125.9 256.0 78,139 85,780 7,641 29.8 TON
10 380.4 125.5 254.9 85,780 94,593 8,813 34.6 TON
11 382.4 122.1 260.3 94,593 102,899 8,306 31.9 TON
12 381.4 122.9 258.5 102,899 110,964 8,065 31.2 TON
13 381.1 124.9 256.2 110,964 118,964 8,000 31.2 TON
14 381.3 123.1 258.2 118,964 128,026 9,062 35.1 TON
15 383.4 123.5 259.9 128,026 137,690 9,664 37.2 TON
16 382.2 127.1 255.1 137,690 146,498 8,808 34.5 TON
17 379.0 124.3 254.7 146,498 157,010 10,512 41.3 TON
18 381.0 125.6 255.4 157,010 169,114 12,104 47.4 TON
19 382.9 123.4 259.5 169,114 179,241 10,127 39.0 TON
20 381.2 125.8 255.4 179,241 187,469 8,228 32.2 TON
21 381.0 125.8 255.2 187,469 194,528 7,059 27.7 TON
Average 381.5 124.6 256.9 9,262.2 36.1
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YELLOW TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 378.8 124.8 254.0 21 10,844 10,823 42.6 TON
2 380.4 127.0 253.4 10,844 21,242 10,398 41.0 TON
3 381.7 126.9 254.8 21,242 31,007 9,765 38.3 TON
4 382.7 128.1 254.6 31,007 39,451 8,444 33.2 TON
5 376.5 123.3 253.2 39,451 47,578 8,127 32.1 TON
6 380.6 127.9 252.7 47,578 57,284 9,706 38.4 TON
7 381.5 128.1 253.4 57,284 66,703 9,419 37.2 TON
8 380.6 124.9 255.7 66,703 75,489 8,786 34.4 TON
9 381.1 127.3 253.8 75,489 83,632 8,143 32.1 TON
10 379.8 128.3 251.5 83,632 92,211 8,579 34.1 TON
11 381.2 125.5 255.7 92,211 100,383 8,172 32.0 TON
12 379.4 125.6 253.8 100,383 108,121 7,738 30.5 TON
13 381.3 126.5 254.8 108,121 115,404 7,283 28.6 TON
14 380.8 127.4 253.4 115,404 123,414 8,010 31.6 TON
15 381.0 131.5 249.5 123,414 132,521 9,107 36.5 TON
16 381.5 125.4 256.1 132,521 143,941 11,420 44.6 TON
17 381.2 126.5 254.7 143,941 154,162 10,221 40.1 TON
18 381.4 127.6 253.8 154,162 164,257 10,095 39.8 TON
19 382.1 126.0 256.1 164,257 175,691 11,434 44.6 TON
20 382.5 126.9 255.6 175,691 186,477 10,786 42.2 TON
21 380.8 125.5 255.3 186,477 196,196 9,719 38.1 TON
Average 380.8 126.7 254.1 9,341.7 36.8
BLACK TONER YIELD
Weight Page Yield
Number Start End Toner (g) Start End Total p/g
1 766.8 192.6 574.2 21 24,834 24,813 43.2 TON
2 768.9 195.1 573.8 24,834 46,561 21,727 37.9 TON
3 766.4 193.4 573.0 46,561 70,351 23,790 41.5 TON
4 768.8 194.3 574.5 70,351 103,846 33,495 58.3 TON
5 765.7 194.2 571.5 103,846 137,545 33,699 59.0 TON
6 767.0 193.8 573.2 137,545 161,331 23,786 41.5 TON
7 766.1 193.1 573.0 161,331 185,577 24,246 42.3 TON
Average 767.1 193.8 573.3 26,508.0 46.2
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WASTE TONER USAGE
Number Start Wt End Wt Net Wt Click Start Click End Net Clicks
1 239.7 819.7 580.0 0 19,768 19,768
2 239.7 852.6 612.9 19,768 29,982 10,214
3 239.7 782.1 542.4 29,982 42,117 12,135
4 239.7 801.1 561.4 42,117 53,028 10,911
5 239.7 815.2 575.5 53,028 64,993 11,965
6 239.7 771.0 531.3 64,993 75,131 10,138
7 239.7 814.5 574.8 75,131 84,889 9,758
8 239.7 734.8 495.1 84,889 94,491 9,602
9 239.7 811.2 571.5 94,491 105,036 10,545
10 239.7 835.1 595.4 105,036 114,798 9,762
11 239.7 817.4 577.7 114,798 126,586 11,788
12 239.7 812.3 572.6 126,586 140,570 13,984
13 239.7 840.0 600.3 140,570 154,255 13,685
14 239.7 791.6 551.9 154,255 170,897 16,642
15 239.5 795.6 556.1 170,897 182,017 11,120
16 239.5 829.1 589.6 182,017 191,633 9,616
Average 807.7 568.03 11,977.06
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IMAGEQUALITY–SOLIDDENSITYSUPPORTINGTESTDATA
DeviceAUsingCanonOEMCartridges(printerserialnumberHMA09797)
SOLID CYAN OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 0.76 0.77 0.78 0.8 0.78
5,000 0.73 0.73 0.69 0.74 0.72
10,000 0.66 0.74 0.7 0.72 0.71
15,000 0.68 0.69 0.7 0.66 0.68
20,000 0.67 0.68 0.66 0.65 0.67
25,000 0.68 0.68 0.66 0.67 0.67
30,000 0.66 0.67 0.68 0.66 0.67
35,000 0.73 0.77 0.74 0.79 0.76
40,000 0.74 0.71 0.68 0.73 0.72
45,000 0.65 0.68 0.64 0.68 0.66
50,000 0.67 0.72 0.67 0.65 0.68
55,000 0.65 0.62 0.6 0.62 0.62
60,000 0.69 0.66 0.66 0.67 0.67
65,000 0.65 0.67 0.64 0.63 0.65
70,000 0.7 0.71 0.7 0.69 0.70
75,000 0.73 0.73 0.71 0.71 0.72
80,000 0.72 0.71 0.66 0.67 0.69
85,000 0.65 0.65 0.63 0.62 0.64
90,000 0.71 0.71 0.63 0.63 0.67
95,000 0.67 0.71 0.65 0.67 0.68
100,000 0.65 0.67 0.57 0.59 0.62
105,000 0.63 0.64 0.56 0.54 0.59
110,000 0.61 0.61 0.51 0.55 0.57
115,000 0.75 0.75 0.72 0.72 0.74
120,000 0.73 0.74 0.71 0.72 0.73
125,000 0.75 0.76 0.69 0.71 0.73
130,000 0.74 0.76 0.7 0.68 0.72
135,000 0.69 0.73 0.65 0.71 0.70
140,000 0.76 0.74 0.68 0.68 0.72
145,000 0.71 0.7 0.65 0.67 0.68
150,000 0.79 0.79 0.71 0.75 0.76
155,000 0.7 0.69 0.63 0.66 0.67
160,000 0.72 0.75 0.67 0.71 0.71
165,000 0.7 0.71 0.67 0.69 0.69
170,000 0.72 0.73 0.64 0.67 0.69
175,000 0.77 0.76 0.7 0.73 0.74
180,000 0.7 0.7 0.66 0.67 0.68
185,000 0.71 0.74 0.65 0.7 0.70
190,000 0.69 0.67 0.64 0.65 0.66
195,000 0.64 0.66 0.62 0.63 0.64
200,000 0.65 0.68 0.63 0.63 0.65
Average 0.70 0.71 0.66 0.68 0.69
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SOLID MAGENTA OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 1.11 1.14 1.14 1.11 1.13
5,000 1.02 1.11 1.07 1.02 1.06
10,000 1.06 1.04 1.02 1.03 1.04
15,000 1.02 1.01 0.98 1.00 1.00
20,000 1.09 1.02 1.06 1.03 1.05
25,000 1.03 1.05 1.07 1.04 1.05
30,000 1.08 1.08 1.09 1.06 1.08
35,000 1.12 1.15 1.15 1.18 1.15
40,000 1.06 1.09 1.05 1.08 1.07
45,000 1.11 1.06 1.07 1.1 1.09
50,000 1.1 1.09 1.09 1.05 1.08
55,000 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.05 1.06
60,000 1.11 1.15 1.13 1.13 1.13
65,000 1.13 1.13 1.07 1.1 1.11
70,000 1.17 1.17 1.18 1.17 1.17
75,000 1.17 1.2 1.18 1.21 1.19
80,000 1.19 1.18 1.13 1.19 1.17
85,000 1.11 1.08 1.05 1.07 1.08
90,000 1.18 1.16 1.1 1.13 1.14
95,000 1.22 1.24 1.22 1.22 1.23
100,000 1.1 1.15 0.99 1.08 1.08
105,000 1.11 1.1 0.99 1.04 1.06
110,000 1.12 1.1 1.00 0.99 1.05
115,000 1.09 1.14 1.1 1.09 1.11
120,000 1.15 1.13 1.06 1.05 1.10
125,000 1.13 1.23 1.11 1.12 1.15
130,000 1.22 1.2 1.18 1.15 1.19
135,000 1.12 1.15 1.11 1.07 1.11
140,000 1.25 1.25 1.17 1.16 1.21
145,000 1.1 1.16 1.07 1.05 1.10
150,000 1.29 1.28 1.23 1.28 1.27
155,000 1.15 1.19 1.14 1.15 1.16
160,000 1.19 1.2 1.14 1.16 1.17
165,000 1.12 1.21 1.13 1.17 1.16
170,000 1.15 1.19 1.12 1.17 1.16
175,000 1.29 1.31 1.33 1.26 1.30
180,000 1.16 1.22 1.15 1.19 1.18
185,000 1.18 1.25 1.17 1.26 1.22
190,000 1.24 1.2 1.18 1.12 1.19
195,000 1.16 1.12 1.11 1.13 1.13
200,000 1.1 1.14 1.13 1.15 1.13
Average 1.14 1.15 1.11 1.12 1.13
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SOLID YELLOW OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 0.88 0.9 0.84 0.86 0.87
5,000 0.81 0.79 0.75 0.81 0.79
10,000 0.75 0.78 0.74 0.79 0.77
15,000 0.82 0.74 0.74 0.79 0.77
20,000 0.79 0.81 0.81 0.87 0.82
25,000 0.8 0.82 0.77 0.82 0.80
30,000 0.81 0.8 0.78 0.74 0.78
35,000 0.82 0.84 0.82 0.84 0.83
40,000 0.78 0.89 0.84 0.83 0.84
45,000 0.75 0.81 0.75 0.79 0.78
50,000 0.85 0.85 0.8 0.81 0.83
55,000 0.78 0.79 0.73 0.8 0.78
60,000 0.88 0.89 0.85 0.89 0.88
65,000 0.81 0.79 0.8 0.8 0.80
70,000 0.84 0.85 0.83 0.84 0.84
75,000 0.85 0.84 0.89 0.84 0.86
80,000 0.89 0.89 0.84 0.84 0.87
85,000 0.72 0.8 0.79 0.77 0.77
90,000 0.88 0.89 0.83 0.83 0.86
95,000 0.81 0.88 0.82 0.87 0.85
100,000 0.84 0.9 0.83 0.84 0.85
105,000 0.8 0.85 0.82 0.8 0.82
110,000 0.85 0.87 0.81 0.87 0.85
115,000 0.84 0.81 0.82 0.84 0.83
120,000 0.84 0.85 0.84 0.85 0.85
125,000 0.88 0.88 0.85 0.89 0.88
130,000 0.86 0.86 0.88 0.84 0.86
135,000 0.85 0.85 0.84 0.83 0.84
140,000 0.88 0.91 0.9 0.85 0.89
145,000 0.81 0.81 0.8 0.82 0.81
150,000 0.91 0.92 0.87 0.89 0.90
155,000 0.83 0.88 0.84 0.85 0.85
160,000 0.85 0.88 0.8 0.86 0.85
165,000 0.84 0.83 0.84 0.83 0.84
170,000 0.88 0.87 0.8 0.8 0.84
175,000 0.89 0.92 0.88 0.9 0.90
180,000 0.8 0.83 0.8 0.8 0.81
185,000 0.88 0.91 0.9 0.86 0.89
190,000 0.82 0.83 0.82 0.83 0.83
195,000 0.85 0.82 0.81 0.82 0.83
200,000 0.76 0.77 0.77 0.75 0.76
Average 0.83 0.85 0.82 0.83 0.83
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SOLID BLACK OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 1.47 1.49 1.47 1.47 1.48
5,000 1.51 1.49 1.49 1.51 1.50
10,000 1.5 1.46 1.49 1.49 1.49
15,000 1.46 1.47 1.45 1.46 1.46
20,000 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.49 1.50
25,000 1.48 1.5 1.49 1.51 1.50
30,000 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.49 1.48
35,000 1.51 1.51 1.5 1.51 1.51
40,000 1.49 1.48 1.5 1.48 1.49
45,000 1.51 1.5 1.47 1.51 1.50
50,000 1.51 1.51 1.48 1.5 1.50
55,000 1.5 1.5 1.46 1.5 1.49
60,000 1.57 1.57 1.5 1.54 1.55
65,000 1.53 1.53 1.52 1.52 1.53
70,000 1.5 1.53 1.54 1.54 1.53
75,000 1.51 1.55 1.49 1.54 1.52
80,000 1.52 1.56 1.51 1.51 1.53
85,000 1.5 1.52 1.47 1.49 1.50
90,000 1.51 1.52 1.47 1.51 1.50
95,000 1.51 1.51 1.47 1.57 1.52
100,000 1.53 1.54 1.49 1.49 1.51
105,000 1.5 1.51 1.43 1.45 1.47
110,000 1.5 1.49 1.46 1.44 1.47
115,000 1.42 1.44 1.4 1.43 1.42
120,000 1.49 1.53 1.48 1.47 1.49
125,000 1.5 1.47 1.46 1.48 1.48
130,000 1.49 1.51 1.46 1.51 1.49
135,000 1.45 1.47 1.43 1.44 1.45
140,000 1.49 1.52 1.48 1.49 1.50
145,000 1.46 1.48 1.44 1.48 1.47
150,000 1.53 1.55 1.51 1.54 1.53
155,000 1.47 1.47 1.45 1.5 1.47
160,000 1.46 1.45 1.46 1.43 1.45
165,000 1.47 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.47
170,000 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.45
175,000 1.49 1.54 1.5 1.52 1.51
180,000 1.43 1.4 1.4 1.43 1.42
185,000 1.43 1.42 1.45 1.46 1.44
190,000 1.32 1.33 1.37 1.38 1.35
195,000 1.35 1.38 1.37 1.43 1.38
200,000 1.27 1.29 1.35 1.45 1.34
Average 1.48 1.48 1.47 1.49 1.48
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SOLID CYAN OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 0.76 0.77 0.79 0.77 0.77
5,000 0.78 0.82 0.78 0.83 0.80
10,000 0.74 0.77 0.76 0.76 0.76
15,000 0.73 0.74 0.74 0.76 0.74
20,000 0.71 0.72 0.74 0.73 0.73
25,000 0.72 0.73 0.74 0.7 0.72
30,000 0.75 0.79 0.77 0.77 0.77
35,000 0.76 0.8 0.77 0.79 0.78
40,000 0.74 0.78 0.74 0.74 0.75
45,000 0.7 0.72 0.7 0.72 0.71
50,000 0.75 0.78 0.74 0.78 0.76
55,000 0.77 0.78 0.76 0.76 0.77
60,000 0.78 0.79 0.76 0.79 0.78
65,000 0.76 0.79 0.77 0.77 0.77
70,000 0.8 0.8 0.79 0.82 0.80
75,000 0.82 0.86 0.84 0.81 0.83
80,000 0.75 0.78 0.79 0.83 0.79
85,000 0.75 0.81 0.77 0.81 0.79
90,000 0.69 0.7 0.7 0.68 0.69
95,000 0.74 0.74 0.69 0.71 0.72
100,000 0.64 0.66 0.64 0.65 0.65
105,000 0.65 0.68 0.65 0.65 0.66
110,000 0.73 0.75 0.7 0.72 0.73
115,000 0.68 0.73 0.65 0.7 0.69
120,000 0.74 0.79 0.74 0.74 0.75
125,000 0.72 0.74 0.71 0.71 0.72
130,000 0.74 0.77 0.75 0.76 0.76
135,000 0.66 0.7 0.65 0.65 0.67
140,000 0.78 0.79 0.75 0.76 0.77
145,000 0.71 0.75 0.67 0.71 0.71
150,000 0.71 0.71 0.67 0.68 0.69
155,000 0.74 0.75 0.72 0.71 0.73
160,000 0.76 0.78 0.75 0.75 0.76
165,000 0.76 0.79 0.72 0.73 0.75
170,000 0.74 0.76 0.73 0.73 0.74
175,000 0.67 0.71 0.68 0.68 0.69
180,000 0.65 0.68 0.62 0.65 0.65
185,000 0.67 0.68 0.66 0.67 0.67
190,000 0.64 0.69 0.63 0.69 0.66
195,000 0.61 0.65 0.63 0.64 0.63
200,000 0.67 0.68 0.64 0.65 0.66
Average 0.72 0.75 0.72 0.73 0.73
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SOLID MAGENTA OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 1.19 1.19 1.18 1.16 1.18
5,000 1.15 1.17 1.15 1.12 1.15
10,000 1.11 1.14 1.12 1.13 1.13
15,000 1.1 1.08 1.05 1.1 1.08
20,000 1.1 1.11 1.11 1.09 1.10
25,000 1.16 1.08 1.06 1.06 1.09
30,000 1.2 1.19 1.21 1.15 1.19
35,000 1.2 1.2 1.17 1.11 1.17
40,000 1.19 1.19 1.15 1.12 1.16
45,000 1.14 1.17 1.14 1.16 1.15
50,000 1.28 1.23 1.16 1.17 1.21
55,000 1.16 1.12 1.09 1.15 1.13
60,000 1.25 1.24 1.2 1.28 1.24
65,000 1.3 1.27 1.27 1.26 1.28
70,000 1.39 1.34 1.3 1.3 1.33
75,000 1.35 1.39 1.27 1.32 1.33
80,000 1.3 1.32 1.32 1.33 1.32
85,000 1.32 1.28 1.29 1.22 1.28
90,000 1.33 1.33 1.32 1.31 1.32
95,000 1.35 1.33 1.3 1.3 1.32
100,000 1.22 1.26 1.22 1.2 1.23
105,000 1.24 1.29 1.23 1.22 1.25
110,000 1.06 1.11 1.03 1.04 1.06
115,000 1.08 1.11 1.04 1.07 1.08
120,000 1.15 1.12 1.1 1.06 1.11
125,000 1.08 1.13 1.04 1.06 1.08
130,000 1.14 1.08 1.09 1.07 1.10
135,000 1.06 1.09 1.00 0.99 1.04
140,000 1.21 1.2 1.17 1.14 1.18
145,000 1.09 1.12 1.02 1.01 1.06
150,000 1.08 1.12 1.04 1.06 1.08
155,000 1.2 1.22 1.13 1.16 1.18
160,000 1.22 1.2 1.16 1.15 1.18
165,000 1.25 1.29 1.16 1.19 1.22
170,000 1.23 1.23 1.19 1.21 1.22
175,000 1.16 1.19 1.12 1.18 1.16
180,000 1.11 1.05 1.07 1.04 1.07
185,000 1.02 1.06 1.03 1.07 1.05
190,000 1.18 1.22 1.18 1.15 1.18
195,000 1.05 1.06 1.1 1.09 1.08
200,000 1.13 1.11 1.12 1.09 1.11
Average 1.18 1.19 1.15 1.15 1.17
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SOLID YELLOW OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 0.82 0.83 0.84 0.84 0.83
5,000 0.81 0.88 0.86 0.85 0.85
10,000 0.81 0.81 0.8 0.81 0.81
15,000 0.82 0.81 0.77 0.84 0.81
20,000 0.8 0.79 0.77 0.79 0.79
25,000 0.75 0.81 0.71 0.74 0.75
30,000 0.8 0.83 0.8 0.83 0.82
35,000 0.84 0.83 0.8 0.81 0.82
40,000 0.84 0.82 0.8 0.8 0.82
45,000 0.81 0.82 0.78 0.8 0.80
50,000 0.83 0.83 0.79 0.81 0.82
55,000 0.82 0.86 0.82 0.79 0.82
60,000 0.83 0.85 0.77 0.79 0.81
65,000 0.83 0.93 0.86 0.82 0.86
70,000 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.91 0.90
75,000 0.87 0.9 0.85 0.83 0.86
80,000 1.3 0.87 0.85 0.83 0.96
85,000 0.85 0.88 0.77 0.81 0.83
90,000 0.88 0.84 0.83 0.81 0.84
95,000 0.88 0.88 0.77 0.8 0.83
100,000 0.77 0.8 0.72 0.75 0.76
105,000 0.79 0.83 0.77 0.75 0.79
110,000 0.79 0.8 0.8 0.77 0.79
115,000 0.84 0.83 0.78 0.8 0.81
120,000 0.82 0.81 0.81 0.79 0.81
125,000 0.78 0.79 0.74 0.77 0.77
130,000 0.79 0.85 0.77 0.83 0.81
135,000 0.75 0.78 0.73 0.73 0.75
140,000 0.82 0.88 0.8 0.83 0.83
145,000 0.75 0.77 0.72 0.77 0.75
150,000 0.73 0.73 0.7 0.76 0.73
155,000 0.82 0.78 0.74 0.77 0.78
160,000 0.87 0.86 0.8 0.82 0.84
165,000 0.83 0.89 0.83 0.82 0.84
170,000 0.83 0.84 0.8 0.82 0.82
175,000 0.76 0.79 0.73 0.76 0.76
180,000 0.67 0.71 0.61 0.65 0.66
185,000 0.75 0.73 0.67 0.69 0.71
190,000 0.78 0.81 0.73 0.79 0.78
195,000 0.76 0.8 0.65 0.72 0.73
200,000 0.77 0.79 0.7 0.71 0.74
Average 0.82 0.83 0.77 0.79 0.80
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SOLID BLACK OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 1.47 1.51 1.46 1.47 1.48
5,000 1.55 1.54 1.55 1.45 1.52
10,000 1.5 1.48 1.49 1.47 1.49
15,000 1.55 1.57 1.51 1.47 1.53
20,000 1.49 1.49 1.5 1.46 1.49
25,000 1.52 1.5 1.51 1.47 1.50
30,000 1.52 1.49 1.5 1.44 1.49
35,000 1.56 1.46 1.5 1.48 1.50
40,000 1.52 1.53 1.56 1.49 1.53
45,000 1.52 1.52 1.51 1.45 1.50
50,000 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.47 1.49
55,000 1.52 1.52 1.46 1.5 1.50
60,000 1.52 1.51 1.54 1.52 1.52
65,000 1.56 1.53 1.55 1.52 1.54
70,000 1.53 1.57 1.56 1.63 1.57
75,000 1.52 1.54 1.56 1.49 1.53
80,000 1.51 1.56 1.55 1.47 1.52
85,000 1.54 1.53 1.55 1.47 1.52
90,000 1.51 1.54 1.48 1.53 1.52
95,000 1.55 1.59 1.57 1.52 1.56
100,000 1.47 1.44 1.48 1.41 1.45
105,000 1.5 1.53 1.5 1.44 1.49
110,000 1.51 1.52 1.48 1.47 1.50
115,000 1.52 1.53 1.5 1.51 1.52
120,000 1.52 1.51 1.53 1.39 1.49
125,000 1.45 1.44 1.45 1.41 1.44
130,000 1.46 1.46 1.47 1.42 1.45
135,000 1.46 1.48 1.45 1.42 1.45
140,000 1.48 1.5 1.51 1.45 1.49
145,000 1.42 1.48 1.43 1.45 1.45
150,000 1.43 1.43 1.45 1.42 1.43
155,000 1.47 1.47 1.44 1.42 1.45
160,000 1.47 1.43 1.43 1.42 1.44
165,000 1.46 1.51 1.47 1.37 1.45
170,000 1.43 1.47 1.44 1.43 1.44
175,000 1.35 1.34 1.34 1.33 1.34
180,000 1.24 1.28 1.25 1.27 1.26
185,000 1.18 1.15 1.18 1.14 1.16
190,000 1.29 1.32 1.32 1.29 1.30
195,000 1.21 1.24 1.24 1.22 1.23
200,000 1.26 1.25 1.26 1.22 1.25
Average 1.46 1.47 1.46 1.43 1.46
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SOLID CYAN OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 0.76 0.76 0.74 0.74 0.75
5,000 0.79 0.8 0.73 0.76 0.77
10,000 0.81 0.81 0.81 0.79 0.81
15,000 0.79 0.74 0.79 0.77 0.77
20,000 0.76 0.8 0.78 0.78 0.78
25,000 0.88 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.86
30,000 0.89 0.85 0.86 0.85 0.86
35,000 0.86 0.87 0.88 0.85 0.87
40,000 0.65 0.68 0.66 0.65 0.66
45,000 0.75 0.76 0.71 0.72 0.74
50,000 0.86 0.86 0.79 0.79 0.83
55,000 0.85 0.86 0.78 0.78 0.82
60,000 1.04 1.01 0.92 0.9 0.97
65,000 0.95 0.96 0.79 0.77 0.87
70,000 0.94 0.91 0.68 0.71 0.81
75,000 0.98 0.93 0.69 0.71 0.83
80,000 0.56 0.56 0.53 0.52 0.54
85,000 0.76 0.77 0.72 0.7 0.74
90,000 0.77 0.78 0.7 0.7 0.74
95,000 0.86 0.84 0.86 0.87 0.86
100,000 0.87 0.88 0.77 0.78 0.83
105,000 0.84 0.82 0.75 0.76 0.79
110,000 0.92 0.91 0.73 0.73 0.82
115,000 0.77 0.78 0.73 0.75 0.76
120,000 0.83 0.86 0.79 0.82 0.83
125,000 0.94 0.99 0.76 0.81 0.88
130,000 1.04 0.94 0.83 0.82 0.91
135,000 1.06 1.07 0.83 0.83 0.95
140,000 0.88 0.87 0.8 0.77 0.83
145,000 0.88 0.88 0.81 0.78 0.84
150,000 0.94 1.03 0.87 0.91 0.94
155,000 0.94 1.03 0.82 0.86 0.91
160,000 0.99 1.1 0.87 0.89 0.96
165,000 0.9 0.94 0.8 0.78 0.86
170,000 0.98 1.03 0.79 0.78 0.90
175,000 0.71 0.77 0.5 0.5 0.62
180,000 0.78 0.79 0.79 0.8 0.79
185,000 0.62 0.62 0.66 0.68 0.65
190,000 0.83 0.82 0.82 0.84 0.83
195,000 0.76 0.77 0.77 0.77 0.77
200,000 0.75 0.87 0.76 0.81 0.80
Average 0.85 0.86 0.77 0.77 0.81
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SOLID MAGENTA OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 1.15 1.12 1.16 1.1 1.13
5,000 1.14 1.19 1.09 1.11 1.13
10,000 1.17 1.24 1.14 1.12 1.17
15,000 1.18 1.2 1.13 1.1 1.15
20,000 1.14 1.18 1.1 1.13 1.14
25,000 1.26 1.25 1.14 1.22 1.22
30,000 1.23 1.2 1.08 1.14 1.16
35,000 1.15 1.17 1.05 1.1 1.12
40,000 1.05 1.02 0.99 0.96 1.01
45,000 1.16 1.17 1.07 1.11 1.13
50,000 1.21 1.24 1.13 1.14 1.18
55,000 1.15 1.11 1.08 1.14 1.12
60,000 1.25 1.31 1.21 1.25 1.26
65,000 1.15 1.14 1.17 1.13 1.15
70,000 1.00 1.09 0.98 1.05 1.03
75,000 1.06 1.12 1.05 1.08 1.08
80,000 1.19 1.16 1.24 1.2 1.20
85,000 1.04 1.09 1.1 1.15 1.10
90,000 1.06 1.1 1.09 1.16 1.10
95,000 1.12 1.1 1.08 1.09 1.10
100,000 1.09 1.07 1.1 1.07 1.08
105,000 0.9 0.86 0.96 0.93 0.91
110,000 1.03 1.00 1.09 1.04 1.04
115,000 1.2 1.2 1.16 1.17 1.18
120,000 1.19 1.22 1.17 1.19 1.19
125,000 1.32 1.27 1.25 1.24 1.27
130,000 1.26 1.25 1.1 1.15 1.19
135,000 1.23 1.22 1.18 1.13 1.19
140,000 1.3 1.29 1.24 1.26 1.27
145,000 1.28 1.22 1.2 1.15 1.21
150,000 1.22 1.26 1.16 1.18 1.21
155,000 1.32 1.32 1.23 1.25 1.28
160,000 1.37 1.33 1.28 1.18 1.29
165,000 1.29 1.31 1.21 1.18 1.25
170,000 1.12 1.18 1.12 1.14 1.14
175,000 1.14 1.17 1.07 1.03 1.10
180,000 1.27 1.22 1.2 1.19 1.22
185,000 1.04 1.07 0.95 0.97 1.01
190,000 1.23 1.17 1.08 1.06 1.14
195,000 0.96 1.03 0.9 0.94 0.96
200,000 0.97 1.03 0.91 0.92 0.96
Average 1.16 1.17 1.11 1.12 1.14
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SOLID YELLOW OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 0.9 0.91 0.85 0.84 0.88
5,000 0.79 0.79 0.71 0.75 0.76
10,000 0.7 0.7 0.69 0.69 0.70
15,000 0.67 0.66 0.68 0.67 0.67
20,000 0.68 0.63 0.65 0.68 0.66
25,000 0.69 0.69 0.71 0.68 0.69
30,000 0.65 0.66 0.66 0.69 0.67
35,000 0.65 0.65 0.63 0.64 0.64
40,000 0.73 0.75 0.75 0.76 0.75
45,000 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.8 0.79
50,000 0.83 0.84 0.85 0.86 0.85
55,000 0.85 0.85 0.83 0.86 0.85
60,000 0.92 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94
65,000 0.86 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.85
70,000 0.86 0.82 0.82 0.82 0.83
75,000 0.87 0.85 0.86 0.84 0.86
80,000 0.86 0.87 0.85 0.85 0.86
85,000 0.77 0.78 0.8 0.8 0.79
90,000 0.8 0.77 0.82 0.83 0.81
95,000 0.78 0.77 0.8 0.8 0.79
100,000 0.76 0.78 0.78 0.75 0.77
105,000 0.66 0.7 0.71 0.73 0.70
110,000 0.71 0.77 0.75 0.78 0.75
115,000 0.65 0.68 0.67 0.73 0.68
120,000 0.69 0.63 0.69 0.67 0.67
125,000 0.77 0.77 0.75 0.72 0.75
130,000 0.71 0.71 0.69 0.74 0.71
135,000 0.72 0.71 0.7 0.69 0.71
140,000 0.76 0.8 0.74 0.73 0.76
145,000 0.75 0.72 0.72 0.71 0.73
150,000 0.75 0.75 0.72 0.71 0.73
155,000 0.74 0.76 0.7 0.72 0.73
160,000 0.77 0.75 0.72 0.69 0.73
165,000 0.75 0.74 0.71 0.69 0.72
170,000 0.68 0.72 0.69 0.64 0.68
175,000 0.66 0.65 0.64 0.62 0.64
180,000 0.92 0.89 0.85 0.86 0.88
185,000 0.86 0.84 0.8 0.8 0.83
190,000 0.91 0.84 0.82 0.84 0.85
195,000 0.93 0.88 0.86 0.83 0.88
200,000 0.89 0.88 0.84 0.82 0.86
Average 0.77 0.77 0.76 0.76 0.76
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SOLID BLACK OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 1.49 1.51 1.47 1.46 1.48
5,000 1.75 1.68 1.7 1.68 1.70
10,000 1.68 1.72 1.68 1.69 1.69
15,000 1.67 1.63 1.68 1.65 1.66
20,000 1.65 1.6 1.68 1.58 1.63
25,000 1.69 1.66 1.71 1.68 1.69
30,000 1.68 1.71 1.75 1.71 1.71
35,000 1.66 1.6 1.66 1.54 1.62
40,000 1.63 1.61 1.59 1.6 1.61
45,000 1.73 1.72 1.7 1.63 1.70
50,000 1.69 1.72 1.68 1.67 1.69
55,000 1.68 1.68 1.7 1.71 1.69
60,000 1.7 1.74 1.7 1.69 1.71
65,000 1.73 1.71 1.72 1.74 1.73
70,000 1.7 1.68 1.64 1.71 1.68
75,000 1.72 1.65 1.66 1.6 1.66
80,000 1.64 1.62 1.67 1.61 1.64
85,000 1.6 1.65 1.64 1.65 1.64
90,000 1.63 1.67 1.65 1.67 1.66
95,000 1.64 1.6 1.65 1.65 1.64
100,000 1.6 1.53 1.62 1.55 1.58
105,000 1.48 1.43 1.48 1.5 1.47
110,000 1.51 1.49 1.5 1.48 1.50
115,000 1.53 1.53 1.54 1.56 1.54
120,000 1.74 1.71 1.71 1.72 1.72
125,000 1.72 1.75 1.71 1.71 1.72
130,000 1.79 1.71 1.71 1.67 1.72
135,000 1.75 1.75 1.71 1.69 1.73
140,000 1.73 1.74 1.78 1.71 1.74
145,000 1.72 1.71 1.7 1.65 1.70
150,000 1.72 1.71 1.68 1.7 1.70
155,000 1.75 1.71 1.71 1.71 1.72
160,000 1.8 1.69 1.75 1.67 1.73
165,000 1.72 1.71 1.66 1.66 1.69
170,000 1.71 1.75 1.63 1.65 1.69
175,000 1.69 1.71 1.62 1.61 1.66
180,000 1.64 1.68 1.61 1.66 1.65
185,000 1.62 1.63 1.56 1.62 1.61
190,000 1.64 1.61 1.6 1.59 1.61
195,000 1.59 1.54 1.57 1.55 1.56
200,000 1.58 1.54 1.55 1.54 1.55
Average 1.67 1.65 1.65 1.64 1.65
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SOLID CYAN OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 0.70 0.71 0.72 0.73 0.72
5,000 0.76 0.82 0.81 0.86 0.81
10,000 0.77 0.82 0.77 0.78 0.79
15,000 0.75 0.78 0.75 0.72 0.75
20,000 0.70 0.75 0.69 0.73 0.72
25,000 0.80 0.86 0.83 0.81 0.83
30,000 0.79 0.83 0.75 0.77 0.79
35,000 0.85 0.87 0.83 0.84 0.85
40,000 0.92 0.89 0.86 0.83 0.88
45,000 0.78 0.80 0.70 0.74 0.76
50,000 0.78 0.79 0.77 0.74 0.77
55,000 0.81 0.83 0.76 0.80 0.80
60,000 0.83 0.83 0.79 0.80 0.81
65,000 0.77 0.83 0.76 0.76 0.78
70,000 0.77 0.79 0.73 0.76 0.76
75,000 0.67 0.64 0.62 0.63 0.64
80,000 0.71 0.69 0.65 0.67 0.68
85,000 0.75 0.75 0.70 0.72 0.73
90,000 0.68 0.71 0.66 0.67 0.68
95,000 0.71 0.70 0.68 0.67 0.69
100,000 0.65 0.69 0.65 0.69 0.67
105,000 0.59 0.61 0.57 0.61 0.60
110,000 0.60 0.62 0.55 0.57 0.59
115,000 0.56 0.59 0.56 0.58 0.57
120,000 0.59 0.59 0.56 0.56 0.58
125,000 0.81 0.76 0.81 0.79 0.79
130,000 0.70 0.77 0.72 0.73 0.73
135,000 0.84 0.81 0.82 0.82 0.82
140,000 0.84 0.86 0.80 0.82 0.83
145,000 0.86 0.93 0.82 0.87 0.87
150,000 0.84 0.89 0.81 0.81 0.84
155,000 0.89 0.89 0.83 0.86 0.87
160,000 0.80 0.77 0.76 0.76 0.77
165,000 0.69 0.73 0.71 0.71 0.71
170,000 0.77 0.78 0.77 0.76 0.77
175,000 0.86 0.82 0.81 0.83 0.83
180,000 0.79 0.81 0.78 0.78 0.79
185,000 0.81 0.78 0.76 0.74 0.77
190,000 0.74 0.76 0.73 0.71 0.74
195,000 0.72 0.72 0.74 0.69 0.72
200,000 0.76 0.81 0.73 0.78 0.77
Average 0.78 0.77 0.73 0.74 0.76
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SOLID MAGENTA OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 1.14 1.12 1.15 1.14 1.14
5,000 1.08 1.07 1.10 1.11 1.09
10,000 1.16 1.14 1.16 1.13 1.15
15,000 1.21 1.17 1.13 1.14 1.16
20,000 1.23 1.11 1.19 1.17 1.18
25,000 1.21 1.24 1.23 1.25 1.23
30,000 1.30 1.22 1.29 1.25 1.27
35,000 1.20 1.12 1.17 1.11 1.15
40,000 1.17 1.17 1.21 1.19 1.19
45,000 1.07 1.08 1.05 1.05 1.06
50,000 1.14 1.20 1.15 1.18 1.17
55,000 1.23 1.25 1.22 1.25 1.24
60,000 1.29 1.25 1.22 1.23 1.25
65,000 1.31 1.19 1.22 1.19 1.23
70,000 1.17 1.23 1.23 1.21 1.21
75,000 1.13 1.12 1.09 1.09 1.11
80,000 1.15 1.13 1.17 1.20 1.16
85,000 1.37 1.29 1.24 1.28 1.30
90,000 1.14 1.21 1.16 1.20 1.18
95,000 1.20 1.24 1.21 1.22 1.22
100,000 1.26 1.25 1.22 1.20 1.23
105,000 1.15 1.08 1.12 1.15 1.13
110,000 1.16 1.16 1.04 1.16 1.13
115,000 1.06 1.11 1.05 1.01 1.06
120,000 1.12 1.11 1.13 1.06 1.11
125,000 0.98 0.97 1.02 0.99 0.99
130,000 0.95 0.96 0.95 0.91 0.94
135,000 1.00 0.99 1.01 0.98 1.00
140,000 0.89 0.97 0.83 0.84 0.88
145,000 0.94 0.97 0.88 0.84 0.91
150,000 1.25 1.21 1.21 1.17 1.21
155,000 1.20 1.17 1.19 1.14 1.18
160,000 1.21 1.17 1.15 1.14 1.17
165,000 1.20 1.21 1.13 1.16 1.18
170,000 1.19 1.22 1.21 1.19 1.20
175,000 1.24 1.29 1.22 1.21 1.24
180,000 1.26 1.25 1.22 1.15 1.22
185,000 1.31 1.25 1.19 1.18 1.23
190,000 1.09 1.08 0.99 0.94 1.03
195,000 1.13 1.02 1.01 0.88 1.01
200,000 1.20 1.16 1.07 1.03 1.12
Average 1.16 1.15 1.13 1.12 1.14
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SOLID YELLOW OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 0.82 0.84 0.80 0.80 0.82
5,000 0.68 0.66 0.71 0.73 0.70
10,000 0.73 0.75 0.76 0.78 0.76
15,000 0.73 0.76 0.74 0.76 0.75
20,000 0.75 0.79 0.74 0.78 0.77
25,000 0.83 0.86 0.84 0.81 0.84
30,000 0.83 0.84 0.85 0.84 0.84
35,000 0.82 0.83 0.82 0.85 0.83
40,000 0.87 0.82 0.84 0.83 0.84
45,000 0.74 0.80 0.78 0.77 0.77
50,000 0.83 0.87 0.85 0.87 0.86
55,000 0.92 0.92 0.87 0.90 0.90
60,000 0.92 0.90 0.93 0.90 0.91
65,000 0.86 0.88 0.87 0.88 0.87
70,000 0.88 0.91 0.88 0.89 0.89
75,000 0.80 0.82 0.80 0.82 0.81
80,000 0.88 0.84 0.87 0.88 0.87
85,000 0.96 0.96 0.93 0.93 0.95
90,000 0.85 0.89 0.84 0.85 0.86
95,000 0.89 0.90 0.88 0.86 0.88
100,000 0.88 0.95 0.88 0.90 0.90
105,000 0.80 0.84 0.78 0.81 0.81
110,000 0.83 0.84 0.80 0.81 0.82
115,000 0.80 0.84 0.78 0.80 0.81
120,000 0.88 0.82 0.81 0.81 0.83
125,000 0.67 0.67 0.66 0.68 0.67
130,000 0.54 0.61 0.55 0.59 0.57
135,000 0.77 0.80 0.79 0.81 0.79
140,000 0.78 0.77 0.77 0.77 0.77
145,000 0.81 0.81 0.80 0.82 0.81
150,000 0.88 0.85 0.92 0.87 0.88
155,000 0.84 0.86 0.85 0.85 0.85
160,000 0.95 0.96 0.93 0.94 0.95
165,000 0.74 0.81 0.77 0.77 0.77
170,000 0.77 0.77 0.79 0.81 0.79
175,000 0.81 0.83 0.84 0.83 0.83
180,000 0.87 0.87 0.84 0.86 0.86
185,000 0.86 0.86 0.83 0.84 0.85
190,000 0.75 0.77 0.74 0.77 0.76
195,000 0.76 0.77 0.75 0.75 0.76
200,000 0.87 0.85 0.84 0.83 0.85
Average 0.82 0.83 0.81 0.82 0.82
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SOLID BLACK OPTICAL DENSITY RESULTS
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Average
START 1.48 1.48 1.48 1.45 1.47
5,000 1.74 1.63 1.74 1.53 1.66
10,000 1.60 1.64 1.59 1.64 1.62
15,000 1.66 1.58 1.67 1.61 1.63
20,000 1.74 1.59 1.66 1.58 1.64
25,000 1.70 1.56 1.68 1.58 1.63
30,000 1.72 1.61 1.73 1.67 1.68
35,000 1.67 1.66 1.68 1.62 1.66
40,000 1.71 1.76 1.73 1.72 1.73
45,000 1.67 1.73 1.70 1.65 1.69
50,000 1.72 1.67 1.67 1.68 1.69
55,000 1.71 1.74 1.71 1.75 1.73
60,000 1.69 1.50 1.68 1.58 1.61
65,000 1.59 1.58 1.66 1.53 1.59
70,000 1.59 1.56 1.60 1.60 1.59
75,000 1.61 1.56 1.56 1.58 1.58
80,000 1.62 1.61 1.62 1.64 1.62
85,000 1.61 1.69 1.62 1.63 1.64
90,000 1.61 1.62 1.64 1.60 1.62
95,000 1.56 1.51 1.57 1.52 1.54
100,000 1.44 1.43 1.50 1.46 1.46
105,000 1.40 1.43 1.44 1.43 1.43
110,000 1.39 1.43 1.41 1.48 1.43
115,000 1.43 1.41 1.43 1.42 1.42
120,000 1.43 1.32 1.45 1.39 1.40
125,000 1.50 1.48 1.54 1.58 1.53
130,000 1.47 1.43 1.49 1.47 1.47
135,000 1.68 1.59 1.68 1.58 1.63
140,000 1.74 1.66 1.75 1.62 1.69
145,000 1.74 1.71 1.71 1.70 1.72
150,000 1.75 1.72 1.70 1.67 1.71
155,000 1.71 1.73 1.70 1.72 1.72
160,000 1.46 1.48 1.45 1.45 1.46
165,000 1.74 1.74 1.68 1.69 1.71
170,000 1.73 1.83 1.67 1.77 1.75
175,000 1.74 1.71 1.73 1.69 1.72
180,000 1.73 1.81 1.70 1.76 1.75
185,000 1.74 1.69 1.69 1.68 1.70
190,000 1.52 1.41 1.53 1.35 1.45
195,000 1.58 1.36 1.57 1.36 1.47
200,000 1.74 1.78 1.70 1.72 1.74
Average 1.63 1.60 1.62 1.59 1.61
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3DColourGamutChartsBeforeTestingCommenced
Red fill relates to Devices A and B, which were used to conduct the test with Canon toner.
Cyan fill relates to Devices C and D, which were used to conduct the test with Katun toner.
As the 3D gamut charts illustrate, the devices that were chosen at random to be used with Katun toner gen-erated a slightly larger colour space than did the devices that were randomly selected to be used with the Canon toner.
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Colour Gamut SizesDevice A (Canon) Device B (Canon) Device C (Katun) Device D (Katun)
START * 238,406 227,288 256,994 245,142
5,000 233,115 234,515 235,039 217,753
10,000 212,048 222,452 228,799 219,362
15,000 215,040 223,744 274,835 192,360
20,000 242,383 223,348 212,480 231,931
25,000 230,912 215,985 ** 216,716
30,000 267,072 222,665 ** 228,271
35,000 234,457 242,262 ** 188,264
40,000 239,335 239,343 232,259 195,189
45,000 218,766 226,177 235,185 177,709
50,000 232,557 233,388 244,702 193,706
55,000 225,885 236,481 251,755 219,292
60,000 252898 220,037 276,856 215,480
65,000 240276 244,287 261,941 200,535
70,000 230055 238,961 218,969 204,635
75,000 234,659 240,701 213,114 182,578
80,000 250,825 229,882 224,370 202,609
85,000 215,008 230,415 224,753 218,759
90,000 222,103 241,661 217,858 189,271
95,000 231,773 243,877 208,110 187,756
100,000 220,993 216,978 201,855 191,284
105,000 201,351 218,155 173,044 173,002
110,000 221750 235,553 186,602 168,798
115,000 222,692 251,220 213,383 152,211
120,000 220,024 232,630 221,484 163,123
125,000 223,324 226,006 225,247 201,315
130,000 252,504 219,207 219,538 160,232
135,000 231,539 216,690 229,273 215,866
140,000 239,631 248,772 247,135 193,498
145,000 217,707 223,329 229,627 199,733
150,000 251,885 209,316 224,713 225,987
155,000 220,936 225,189 253,605 209,909
160,000 216,979 234,199 226,207 252,150
165,000 252,313 230,036 229,281 239,411
170,000 226,439 234,268 220,130 225,534
175,000 255,127 201,952 172,017 236,070
180,000 225,564 191,765 230,098 230,350
185,000 247,181 180,926 240,714 219,964
190,000 215,131 259,697 224,451 193,781
195,000 221,787 198,203 244,986 190,041
200,000 208,110 191,565 220,167 206,843
Average 230,745 226,418 227,673 204,303
* Colour gamut at start of test with all devices operating with Canon OEM toner.** No data due to image quality defects in profile printout.
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MacDonalds CocaCola Fedex Purple Fedex Green Microsoft SunMicrosystems Ikea Blue Ikea Gold Time Quark Viewsonic Tmobile
5,000 9.9 3.7 1.4 1.2 4 4.1 3.1 5.3 2.5 4.3 2.1 4.8
10,000 3.1 1.8 2.5 1.1 3 3.7 3.6 2.8 3.4 5.9 3.8 2
15,000 5.5 3 3.5 1.2 4.7 4.9 3.9 2.9 4 5.5 3.2 5.2
20,000 6.1 3.7 3.2 2.6 6.1 5.1 5.9 7.1 2.4 4.5 6.8 2
25,000 5.6 3.9 2.6 0.9 3.5 2.9 3.2 2.1 3.2 1.3 4.4 3.8
30,000 3.8 4.3 0.8 1.4 2.7 4.7 4 0.7 5.2 2.8 5.4 2.8
35,000 1.4 4.4 3.8 4.5 1.4 1.8 3.9 3 3.8 2.1 6.7 3.8
40,000 2.2 4.9 2.3 2.2 2 1.8 3.8 4.4 4.2 3.5 6.4 2.8
45,000 3 3.9 2.8 1.9 4.1 4 3.1 1.4 4.6 3.4 3.7 2
50,000 3.6 3.9 1.6 2.3 3.1 4 5.2 2.9 6.2 4.9 6.6 2.7
55,000 2.6 5.5 2.6 2.1 5.1 4.6 4.8 3.6 4.7 4.6 7.1 2
60,000 4.1 7.2 3.1 3.8 3.1 3.5 7.3 9.6 8.3 6 12 1.7
65,000 5.4 6.8 2.5 3.2 3.7 3.7 4.4 5.6 5.1 5.1 8.9 1.3
70,000 3.2 8.1 5.5 4.1 1.9 1.5 6.8 6 8.7 7 9.9 4
75,000 3.5 5.9 5.3 5 0.5 1.6 6.6 5.8 8.6 6 12.7 3.4
80,000 3.8 6.1 4.7 9.5 2.1 0.5 6.4 9.3 8.6 8.9 11.1 2.4
85,000 5.7 4.1 1.6 2.5 3.8 6 4.5 2.1 3.8 4.1 5.9 2.7
90,000 3.1 6.2 3.9 4.2 2.2 3.2 4.5 4.5 5.7 5.8 7.3 2
95,000 4.2 8.5 7 4.7 2.2 3.6 6.4 8.2 10.2 4.7 10.6 6.1
100,000 4.9 5.5 4.4 3.4 5.8 5.4 8.3 7.4 7.2 5.3 9.7 0.9
105,000 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.5 4.4 5 5.8 4.2 6.9 6.1 6.9 1.8
110,000 4.5 7.4 4.4 6.2 6.9 6.5 7.2 8.7 6.2 7.2 9.1 3.4
115,000 2.1 1 2.7 2.5 3 2.3 2.9 1.9 0.9 4.1 3.1 3.3
120,000 2.3 0.8 1.6 2.3 3.1 2 2.1 2.6 3.2 4.2 4 1.9
125,000 2 5.8 3.5 5.2 1.2 1.9 3.8 7.3 4.8 4.4 7.8 3.6
130,000 1.5 5.7 3.3 5.1 1.8 2 3.8 7.7 4.5 4.8 7.7 3.5
135,000 2.2 3.4 1.5 3 3 3.7 3.8 6.8 4.3 3.6 7.6 1.5
140,000 3.3 4.9 3.9 3.9 2 2.3 5.8 11.7 4 6.8 7.6 5.2
145,000 7 3.6 10.7 1.2 2.7 3.4 3.4 0.4 3.5 2.4 4.7 3.5
150,000 4.3 6.7 5.8 12.8 0.8 1.8 5.3 11.5 8.2 5.9 9.8 6.5
155,000 5.5 6.2 3.1 0.8 4 4.1 5.3 5.1 3.7 4.6 5.8 4
160,000 1.3 6.4 4.2 2.6 0.7 2.7 3.7 5.5 6.3 4.2 7.5 4.4
165,000 1.7 5.8 3 1.9 3 3.8 4 3.7 3.8 3.7 7.8 3.7
170,000 2.6 4 5 1.1 2.5 3.5 2.8 3.7 4.9 4.8 6.3 5.6
175,000 3.6 8.1 6.7 2.4 1.5 1.8 5.9 10.4 8.3 3.4 8.7 10.1
180,000 4 3.5 3.7 0.8 3.2 3.3 4.4 2.9 6.3 4 6.3 6.1
185,000 2.5 5.2 6.5 1.2 2.4 3.3 5.9 10 7.7 5.2 7.5 7.4
190,000 4.3 4.7 6.3 1.5 4.1 4.6 4.7 4.6 5.3 5.8 7.7 7
195,000 6.9 3 5.1 3.3 5.4 4.6 4.6 6.9 4.5 6.5 6.5 6.7
200,000 8.2 3.3 4.2 3.2 3.9 5.3 3.8 2 4.7 4.9 6.9 3.9
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5,000 2.6 9.8 2.1 3.3 3.6 2.8 4.6 4.2 1.9 3.5 1.1 4
10,000 9.8 3.7 3.3 4.9 2.3 2.2 2.4 1.7 4.1 6.1 3.5 4.3
15,000 6.5 3.6 4 2.6 2.6 1.6 1.9 3.8 2.3 2.2 2.3 5.3
20,000 7.8 6.6 2.4 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.8 8.4 3.5 7.2 2.8 3.7
25,000 8.9 3.8 3.2 4.9 3.5 2.1 3.3 2.4 3.6 5.8 4 3.9
30,000 6.8 3.5 2.9 4.1 1.9 3 4.8 5.1 2.1 1.8 3.5 3
35,000 6.3 3.4 2.9 4.7 2.7 3.4 5.3 5.1 4.3 1.9 3.3 3.5
40,000 6.7 3.3 2.8 3.9 2 2 7.2 7.2 3.2 1.7 4.5 4
45,000 4.3 4.7 1.4 3.8 2.6 2.3 4.4 1 2.3 3.8 4.8 3
50,000 5.4 5.2 2.9 2.1 1.9 2.2 6.3 6.1 5.3 1.9 4.8 5.4
55,000 8.8 3.3 3.1 3 2.7 3.5 5 4.7 2.9 1.4 4.3 3.1
60,000 4.3 6.2 2.6 2.9 2.7 3.7 6 7.1 2.9 1 4.2 6.3
65,000 2.5 5.4 4 7.6 2 3.4 7.6 9.4 5.5 2.5 5.3 6.2
70,000 1.8 6.3 3.7 5.1 3 2.8 8.5 7.5 7.7 2 7.8 6
75,000 1.7 6.9 6.2 4.3 4 5.2 8.9 7.1 7.6 2.2 7.2 8.6
80,000 1.9 7.1 3.4 3.2 2.2 3.3 6.8 7.7 5.1 1.5 5.8 5.7
85,000 5.6 5 4.8 4.2 2.7 3.8 6.7 5.5 3.8 1.2 4.7 5.3
90,000 6.2 6.4 4.7 4.1 4.5 3 6 6 7.1 6.8 7.1 5.4
95,000 1.9 6.5 5.2 3.2 2 2.9 7.3 9.9 5.8 4.4 9.2 4.7
100,000 3.9 7.6 4.9 3.6 1.5 2.4 7.6 5.8 7.9 3.3 9.9 6.6
105,000 5 4.3 2.5 3 3.1 3.6 6.7 7.2 5.7 4.3 7.3 4.1
110,000 8.3 3.9 3.6 4.1 6.4 2.4 5.7 8.9 5 7.2 5 4.6
115,000 7.5 3.6 4 4.2 6.4 4.2 6.7 9.8 3.8 7.3 7.7 3.4
120,000 6.8 3.1 2.8 1.1 4.3 2.2 5.6 5.6 1.7 4.2 3.5 3.2
125,000 9.8 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.4 2.8 5.9 6.4 3.4 5.5 5.1 3.6
130,000 7.8 4.1 3.3 2.3 4 3 5 5.1 2.9 3.1 4.9 3.5
135,000 11.8 5.5 3.9 8.3 6.1 4.2 6 4.1 3.4 6.7 6.1 6
140,000 5.7 4.4 3.5 2 3.9 2 6.5 9.1 3.7 3.9 6.5 1.8
145,000 10.4 4.5 4.2 4.8 4.7 3.7 6.1 3.6 4.4 5.4 5.5 5.8
150,000 11.5 6.1 4.3 8 5.4 4.1 5.9 3 4.8 6.8 5.1 5.2
155,000 5.9 4.1 3.7 3 3.4 2.1 7.3 4.3 4.2 3.1 5.7 3.7
160,000 4.6 4.7 3.4 4.3 3.3 1.5 7.4 6.7 5 3.9 7.4 3.5
165,000 1.7 5.8 3 1.9 3 3.8 4 2.7 3.8 3.7 7.8 3.7
170,000 3.5 4.4 1.7 0.9 3.5 2.1 7.4 8 4.4 5.3 7.7 1.7
175,000 7.8 3.9 2.4 6.3 4.2 2.7 5.3 1.9 2.7 3.6 5.1 2.5
180,000 14.8 5.4 2.7 7.5 4.6 5.2 4.5 9.3 3.3 4.9 3.8 3.6
185,000 11.6 5.1 3.4 5.1 3.5 3.3 4.3 2.5 0.5 2.4 2.3 2.9
190,000 5.8 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.7 3.1 5 6.1 4.6 6.5 5.9 1.6
195,000 9.8 3.1 3.3 4.8 4 3.8 4.9 2 1.7 5.6 3 2.7
200,000 9.2 4.4 2.7 5.7 3.6 4.4 4.7 2 1.2 4.3 3.8 3.4
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5,000 7.1 5.5 8 5.2 1.6 1.6 5.4 2.3 5.5 5.7 5.3 4.3
10,000 10 8.2 7.6 13.1 1.6 2.9 6.6 3.3 6.3 7.9 3.7 7.1
15,000 10.8 8.7 10.1 10.3 2 2.5 6.6 7.4 7.2 8.3 5.2 5.9
20,000 10.9 8.9 9.6 11.6 2.1 3.1 6.3 8.6 7.8 8.7 5.5 6.2
25,000 8.7 7.6 11.1 12.1 3.3 5.8 8.3 7.9 6.8 7.7 4.5 7.2
30,000 12.1 7.7 12.7 12 3.5 7 9.4 5.2 7.8 8.9 5.6 7.1
35,000 14 10.3 9.5 13.5 4.6 5.9 8.9 8.6 9.7 11.4 7.5 6.6
40,000 3.6 3.1 7.9 7.8 5.7 4.5 5.3 2.7 2.8 8.5 4.6 3.2
45,000 7.8 2.9 8.8 5.6 3 3.7 5.9 4.3 2.8 7.7 3.3 3.6
50,000 3.6 4.3 7.4 5.1 2.9 4.3 5.6 3.2 4.8 2.9 5 4.6
55,000 8.5 4.5 7.7 7.4 3.5 3.7 6.1 2.5 5.5 5.4 3.9 5.4
60,000 11.1 7.5 11 12.2 9.3 9.2 8.4 5.5 8.7 9.2 8.4 6.1
65,000 7.3 4.3 7.6 11.1 8.4 7.9 6.2 2.6 6.8 7.5 4.3 3.7
70,000 5.6 2.5 6.4 10.1 6 5.1 5 2.1 2.7 7 5.8 4.9
75,000 8.3 2.5 7.2 10.6 7.6 6.5 7.2 3 3.9 7.5 5 4
80,000 8.7 8.9 17.9 15 10.5 12.5 11.1 7.1 8.9 17 10.8 10.6
85,000 4.3 1.6 8.7 2.7 3.4 2.3 6.7 2.8 2.7 5.5 2.9 8
90,000 7.4 2.6 9.5 4 2.7 3.2 8 1.6 3.6 5.1 1 6.4
95,000 7.8 9 8.1 7.1 4.2 5.3 5.4 5.1 10.5 11.7 8.5 6.5
100,000 2.2 2.6 7.4 7.4 4.3 1.6 7.9 2 1.6 6.4 4.3 3.3
105,000 2.4 9.8 5.2 9.6 4.7 3.9 6.9 6.7 9.1 8.2 11.7 3.9
110,000 2.2 3 6.5 10.4 6 3.9 4.7 4.8 3.7 9.1 8.4 3.3
115,000 3.6 5.7 3.5 3.4 2.9 1.8 0.5 13.1 6.2 3 5.7 4.8
120,000 5.1 7.7 7.6 4.3 4 3.2 3.8 7.2 4.7 6.4 6.5 2
125,000 6.9 8.8 14.8 13.1 5.8 6.8 9.4 3.1 9.6 10.1 6.2 9
130,000 9.8 8.1 16.5 17.7 6 5.9 10.1 4.5 9.7 15.7 5.5 5.9
135,000 11.2 9.2 12.5 21.1 10.3 8.7 11.4 6.3 9.1 17.5 5.8 6.9
140,000 6.6 8.1 13.9 11.1 4.5 7 10.1 7.4 9.6 11 5.8 10.5
145,000 8.7 6.7 15.2 13.4 6.1 8.1 11.2 2.9 9.2 10.1 4.1 9.2
150,000 7.7 6.5 16.4 15 11.3 9.2 12.4 7.8 7 10.9 5.8 9.7
155,000 5.4 7.8 17.2 14.1 9.6 11.1 13 2.9 7.2 9.6 4.8 12.8
160,000 7.4 8.1 16.9 18.4 12.1 9 13.4 5.2 7.4 14.5 6 8.2
165,000 7.4 8 15.7 15.6 9.3 7.2 11.8 4.6 8 10.8 3.5 10
170,000 10 6.3 14.3 20.6 13.7 9 13.2 4.3 7.5 18.1 10.1 8
175,000 13.8 8.4 13.6 14.7 2.9 4.9 7.7 6.5 7 10.2 5.6 7.3
180,000 2 5.9 8 3.8 2.9 4.3 4.6 5.4 4.1 4.2 3.3 6.8
185,000 3.8 4.6 6.3 4.4 5.6 4.4 5.9 5.4 1.3 6 5.3 4.1
190,000 2.9 3.3 5.6 6.7 3.5 5.6 8.1 5.7 1.4 4 2.7 4.4
195,000 9 4.7 4.8 1.5 2.7 2.7 5.1 9.2 6.4 6.1 7 3.5
200,000 5.8 5 4 4.1 3.5 4.6 5.7 4.6 6.1 4.7 4.1 3.9
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5,000 2.8 3.3 7.5 8.9 5.8 6.4 6.1 5.1 4.8 9 5.9 4.8
10,000 5.2 3.9 7.9 8.8 3.9 6.2 4.7 3.6 7.1 7.9 6.4 4.8
15,000 5 5.2 7.7 9.5 2.7 2.9 5.3 3.9 6.9 7.9 7.7 5.8
20,000 8.6 10.3 12.1 10.5 7.4 8.9 6.9 10.5 10.9 9.4 8.1 9.8
25,000 5.4 7.1 10.7 7.9 5.4 7.5 7.3 2.8 7.5 6.7 4.4 6.6
30,000 7 8.8 12.3 4.8 3.1 7 7.8 2 8.2 4.3 6.3 10.1
35,000 12.2 4.3 6.1 7.6 7 5.4 1.8 8 2 7.8 6 2.2
40,000 13.8 4.6 7.2 8.9 8.4 6.9 3.9 7.8 3.2 7.5 5.6 4.8
45,000 11.3 2.2 5.3 3.6 4.3 2.2 1.8 7.4 1 3.5 4.1 2.6
50,000 18.1 8.5 4.6 7.8 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.7 5 6.7 5.7 4.5
55,000 19.3 10 6.1 9 6.8 5.3 3.7 5.8 5.6 7.9 3.4 5.5
60,000 18.8 11.4 7.5 7.1 7.4 6.4 4.8 7.3 7.6 8.4 4.6 5.9
65,000 16.6 11.6 5.1 10 6.9 5.1 3.8 7 4.7 9.2 5.2 4.5
70,000 18.9 12 4.9 11.3 5.2 6.2 3.3 7 6.8 10.2 5.2 6.1
75,000 16.8 5.8 1 13.5 2.5 3.9 1.2 4.1 4.2 12 3.8 1.8
80,000 21.3 10.3 3.4 16.4 4.1 3.7 2.2 4.6 8.8 17.9 6 5
85,000 20.9 20.7 6.6 21 5.2 6.4 3.8 7.5 11.6 19.6 12.1 8.9
90,000 16.7 17.2 4.2 15.8 3.5 4.1 3.5 4.6 4.7 16.9 10.9 6.9
95,000 18.4 16.3 5 16.1 4 5 2.8 5.8 10.5 20 10.3 7.1
100,000 21.6 18 7.3 17.5 3.8 6.8 6.2 7.5 12.3 21 10.7 7.1
105,000 16.2 13.7 6.2 16.3 4.8 6.9 5.7 5.3 6.2 18.7 8.4 2.5
110,000 11.9 14.1 7.4 18.9 5.4 6.8 5.3 3.4 4.5 19.6 8.3 1.3
115,000 11.4 12.8 7.3 17.5 7.9 8.4 8.5 5.6 5.2 16.9 6.9 1.9
120,000 16.6 14 7.6 20.4 7.3 9.4 6 7.1 5.8 19.4 6.3 2.7
125,000 4.5 8.7 9 6.6 3.9 7.4 5.4 14.8 4.1 5.1 6.6 2.3
130,000 5.7 4.6 8.1 6.2 5.1 6.9 5.3 20.3 4.8 2.1 9.2 2.8
135,000 1.9 2.8 12.5 8.6 5.8 11.4 8.4 2.8 6.6 10.5 9.2 6.6
140,000 1.9 8.4 10.7 11.4 5.8 9.1 8 4 12.2 12.5 14.1 5.5
145,000 2.8 10.9 12.5 7.9 9.1 13.3 12 5 9.4 7.5 14.6 6
150,000 18 12.9 9.3 11.9 7.5 8 5.4 3.3 9.7 11.3 6.8 8.4
155,000 14.2 10.1 12.1 11.9 7.8 10.1 5.8 8.2 5.4 11.7 7.3 4.2
160,000 17.8 9.3 3.9 7.6 3.5 5.5 2.7 10.6 4.8 6.2 3.5 7.4
165,000 8.4 5.8 11.4 7 2.7 6.4 6.7 4.9 8.5 7.5 5.2 7.4
170,000 9.7 5 10.1 5 4.8 6.7 6.4 4.4 7.2 5 5.7 5.7
175,000 7.7 6.9 13.3 6.7 7.5 11.9 7.9 3.1 7.2 2.8 2.1 7.9
180,000 7.2 5 10.7 6.9 3.2 5.9 6.2 4 8.2 6.3 4.9 7.4
185,000 8.6 4.6 11.4 4.9 4.7 6.2 6.9 6.6 7.9 4.3 5 8.2
190,000 3.9 4.3 6.8 6.1 2.9 3.7 4.3 6.5 6.7 6.8 8.5 6.8
195,000 4.4 6.3 8.7 6 2.5 2.4 4.6 6.1 7.4 6.2 10.5 7.2
200,000 12.4 3.9 8.5 3.8 4.4 2.3 4.2 5.1 4 1.6 4.9 4.7
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