Manual

August 2007
BUYERS LAB
Lab Test Report
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Canon imagePROGRAF iPF820
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Michael Danziger
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Mark Lerch
COO
Anthony F. Polifrone
Managing Director
Daria M. Hoffman
Managing Editor
John Donnelly
Managing Director—
International
Pete Emory
Manager of Laboratory
Testing
David Sweetnam
European Lab and
Reseach Manager
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SUPPORTING TEST DATA
Test Environment
Testing was conducted in BLI’s European test lab, in an atmospherically controlled environment monitored by a 24/7 Dickson
Temperature/RH chart recorder, ensuring that typical office conditions were maintained. All paper used in testing was allowed to
acclimatise inside the test facility for a minimum of 12 hours before being used.
Test Equipment
BLI’s dedicated test network in Europe, consisting of Windows 2003 servers, Windows XP workstations, 10/100/1000BaseTX
network switches and CAT5 cabling.
Test Procedures
The test methods and procedures employed by BLI in its lab testing include BLI’s proprietary procedures and industry-standard
test procedures. In addition to a number of proprietary test documents, BLI uses industry-standard files including an IT8 test
file and an ASTM monochrome test document for evaluating black image quality. In addition to a visual observation, colour print
quality and gamut size is evaluated using a 1,400-patch profile software tool from Colour Confidence that was read using an EFI
ES-1000 colour spectrophotometer and analyzed using Chromix ColorThink Pro 3.0 software. Density of black and colour output
was measured using an X-Rite 508 densitometer.
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