Among all the characteristics of a printer, an important factor is the printing speed of the device. This is especially true when there are a lot of pages to print. You need to know the printer's print speed if you want to print a certain number of pages and you need to calculate the total time. For example, if you need to go away while the printer is printing and go about your business.
It is necessary
- - a computer;
- - Printer.
Instructions
Step 1
The first way to find out the print speed of a printer is to simply view its specifications. Among them should be the speed of printing. It is indicated separately for color and normal printing. Typically, this is the number of A4 pages that the printer prints in one minute.
Step 2
But it should also be borne in mind that this is only an approximate figure. This is especially true for color printing. In general, the speed of color printing is a very conditional indicator that can vary from many factors, but the speed of black and white printing is closer to the real number. Also note that, as a rule, the average print speed indicated by the printer designers is slightly overestimated.
Step 3
If you do not have technical documentation for your printer model, then you can simply go to the official website of the developer of your printing device and already there you can view its technical characteristics. Among them should be the print speed of the printer.
Step 4
Each printer model comes with specific software. When you start printing, information should appear about printing the current page, as well as the number of pages that the printer will print in the current mode in one minute. Some software even shows information about the total time it takes to print all current pages.
Step 5
As a last resort, you can check the print speed in the simplest way, namely, just count the number of pages in one minute. Regardless of the font, the print speed of black and white pages is about the same. But this will not work with the printing of color pages (as noted above, this indicator may vary, depending on the situation).
Step 6
The print speed of color pages depends on the resolution of your printer. The higher it is, the higher the print quality, and, accordingly, the lower its speed.
