Comparative Test: Color Lasers up to 700 Euros: Speed of print
Several test are used by DC to determine speed of print. All documents we use can be dowloaded "here", if you use them for private purposes only.
DC-Test: ISO-10561 (Dr. Grauert). 
| Print speeds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brother HL-4040CN | HP CLJ CP2025n | Kyocera FS-C5100DN | Oki C3600n | Samsung CLP-610ND | |
| Power-on until ready | 1:31 min. | 0:20 min. | 0:40 min. | 1:18 min. | 0:36 min. |
| Speed color print (acc. to manufacturer) | 20 ppm | 20 ppm | 21 ppm | 16 ppm | 20 ppm |
| Speed color print (testet by DC) | 20 ppm | 20 ppm | 21 ppm | 16 ppm | 20 ppm |
| First page out | 0:14 min. | 0:18 min. | 0:11 min. | 0:13 min. | 0:22 min. |
| A4 photo | 0:23 min. | 0:24 min. | 0:24 min. | 2:30 min. | 0:37 min. |
| Vector graphic | 0:17 min. | 0:23 min. | 0:17 min. | 0:32 min. | 0:17 min. |
| 100 page PDF: Simplex print | 6:32 min. | 6:05 min. | 4:58 min. | 6:56 min. | 7:07 min. |
| 250 page PDF: Duplex print | 19:02 min. | 15:02 min. | 16:00 min. | 17:19 min. | 25:30 min. |
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Time until ready
DC measures the time it takes the printer from "off" to "ready". This period is important for users, who print infrequently, and switch their printer on only when it is necessary.
Business printers usually stay on permanently.
All findings are in seconds, smaller values are better.
| Switch on until ready (smaller values better) | |
|---|---|
| HP Color Laserjet CLP2025n | 20 sec. |
| Samsung CLP-610ND | 36 sec. |
| Kyocera FS-C5100DN | 40 sec. |
| Oki C3600n | 78 sec. |
| Brother HL-4040CN | 91 sec. |
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Maximum print speed
DC conducts it´s own tests of print speed and compares the results with the manufacturers information.
All printers in this test achieve the speed the manufacturers declared.
| Print speed color (higher values better) | |
|---|---|
| Kyocera FS-C5100DN | 21 ppm |
| Brother HL-4040CN | 20 ppm |
| HP Color Laserjet CLP2025n | 20 ppm |
| Samsung CLP-610ND | 20 ppm |
| Oki C3600n | 16 ppm |
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First page out
DC takes the time the printer needs to print a page of simple text (ISO 10561, Dr. Grauert).
| First page out (smaller values better) | |
|---|---|
| Kyocera FS-C5100DN | 11 sec. |
| Oki C3600n | 13 sec. |
| Brother HL-4040CN | 14 sec. |
| HP Color Laserjet CLP2025n | 18 sec. |
| Samsung CLP-610ND | 22 sec. |
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Print speed photo print
DC takes the time the printer needs to print a complex A4-photo. The printer is switched on and has working temperature. Quality is set as high as the driver allows. This speed is important, if you print complex booklets or flyers.
| A4 photo (smaller values better) | |
|---|---|
| Brother HL-4040CN | 23 sec. |
| HP Color Laserjet CLP2025n | 24 sec. |
| Kyocera FS-C5100DN | 24 sec. |
| Samsung CLP-610ND | 37 sec. |
| Oki C3600n | 150 sec. |
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Print speed vector graphic
DC takes the time the printer needs to print a complex vector graphic. The printer is switched on and has working temperature. Quality is set as high as the driver allows. This speed is important, if you print complex booklets or flyers.
| Vector graphic (smaller values better) | |
|---|---|
| Brother HL-4040CN | 17 sec. |
| Kyocera FS-C5100DN | 17 sec. |
| Samsung CLP-610ND | 17 sec. |
| HP Color Laserjet CLP2025n | 23 sec. |
| Oki C3600n | 32 sec. |
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Print speed simplex print
To find out how the printers cope with large files, DC prints a 100 page PDF file in simplex mode.
| Simplex print: 100 page PDF-file (smaller values better) | |
|---|---|
| Kyocera FS-C5100DN | 298 sec. |
| HP Color Laserjet CLP2025n | 365 sec. |
| Brother HL-4040CN | 392 sec. |
| Oki C3600n | 416 sec. |
| Samsung CLP-610ND | 427 sec. |
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Print speed duplex print
This test demonstrates, how fast the printers deal with a document, printing on both sides of the sheet. Only Kyocera and Samsung offer automatic duplex printing, all other require the sheets to be turned by hand.
| Duplex print: 250 page PDF file(smaller values better) | |
|---|---|
| HP Color Laserjet CLP2025n | 902 sec. |
| Kyocera FS-C5100DN | 960 sec. |
| Oki C3600n | 1039 sec. |
| Brother HL-4040CN | 1142 sec. |
| Samsung CLP-610ND | 1530 sec. |
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