ISO/IEC DIS 29183

Information technology -- Office equipment -- Method for measuring digital copying productivity for a single one-sided original

Technologies de l'information -- Équipement de bureau -- Méthode de mesure de la productivité du copiage numérique d'un simple original une face

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DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
ISO/IEC DIS 29183
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 28 Secretariat: JISC
Voting begins on: Voting terminates on:
2020-05-21 2020-08-13
Information technology — Office equipment — Method for
measuring digital copying productivity for a single one-
sided original

Technologies de l'information — Équipement de bureau — Méthode de mesure de la productivité du

copiage numérique d'un simple original une face
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Contents Page

Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................iv

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................v

1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

2 Normative references ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

3 Terms and definitions ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

4 Test parameters and conditions ........................................................................................................................................................... 4

4.1 Copying device setup ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4

4.2 Copying device condition ............................................................................................................................................................... 5

4.3 Sample size ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5

4.4 Paper ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5

4.5 Maintenance .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

4.6 Preparation of test targets (test charts) ............................................................................................................................ 6

4.7 Environment ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

4.8 Voltage ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

5 Test method ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

5.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

5.2 Test measurement procedure .................................................................................................................................................... 7

5.2.1 Test setup ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7

5.2.2 “1 Copy” test from ready ........................................................................................................................................... 9

5.2.3 “1 Copy” test from sleep ............................................................................................................................................ 9

5.2.4 “1 Copy” test from off ................................................................................................................................................10

5.2.5 “1 Copy + 30 Seconds” test from ready ......................................................................................................11

5.2.6 “1 Copy + 4 Minutes” test from ready .........................................................................................................11

5.3 Test method process .......................................................................................................................................................................13

5.3.1 Suggested flow chart .................................................................................................................................................13

5 % consistency criteria ..............................................................................................................................................14

5.3.3 Estimating the copy count ....................................................................................................................................14

5.3.4 Single Test target criteria ......................................................................................................................................15

5.4 Performance test ................................................................................................................................................................................15

6 Calculations and treatment of data ................................................................................................................................................15

6.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................................................15

6.2 Performance test ................................................................................................................................................................................16

6.2.1 “1 Copy” test from ready ........................................................................................................................................16

6.2.2 “1 Copy” test from sleep .........................................................................................................................................16

6.2.3 “1 Copy” test from off ................................................................................................................................................17

6.2.4 “1 Copy + 30 Seconds” test from ready ......................................................................................................17

6.2.5 “1 Copy + 4 Minutes” test from ready .........................................................................................................17

7 Presentation of results ................................................................................................................................................................................18

7.1 Sharing testing and reports ......................................................................................................................................................18

7.2 Performance test ................................................................................................................................................................................18

7.2.1 Overview ..............................................................................................................................................................................18

7.2.2 Minimum declaration ...............................................................................................................................................19

7.2.3 Summary report ............................................................................................................................................................19

7.2.4 Full report ...........................................................................................................................................................................19

Annex A (Informative) Report presentation ..............................................................................................................................................21

Annex B (Informative) Full detailed report example .......................................................................................................................23

Annex C (Normative) Test targets for measurement of copying productivity .......................................................26

Annex D (Normative) Procedure to establish ready delay time ...........................................................................................27

Bibliography .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................30

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Foreword

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work. In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee,

ISO/IEC JTC 1.

The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are

described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular the different approval criteria needed for

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editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www .iso .org/ directives).

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Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not

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For an explanation on the meaning of ISO specific terms and expressions related to conformity

assessment, as well as information about ISO's adherence to the WTO principles in the Technical

Barriers to Trade (TBT) see the following URL: Foreword - Supplementary information

ISO/IEC 29183 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC JTC1, Information Technology,

Subcommittee SC 28, Office Equipment.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 29183:2010), of which it constitutes

a minor revision.
This edition includes the following changes with respect the previous edition:
a) Updated document formatting based on ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, 2016.

b) “Terms and definitions” clause has been modified to add new definitions and removed definitions

of terms not used in the text.

c) Change the Annex structure to be consistent with other productivity standards.

d) Added “Ready delay time” requirement to “Test measurement” Procedures.
e) Added [Annex D] for the procedure to determine the “Ready delay time”.

f) Added sFCOT from sleep, sFCOT from sleep after 15 minutes, and sFCOT from off tests and

reporting.
g) Added minimim declaraction examples to [Annex A].
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Introduction

Many digital copying devices produce copied pages at a different rate than their nominal speed when

running with different quality modes, different substrate grammage, different job content and job

lengths. The degree to which a change in productivity is experienced depends significantly on other

parameters of the job stream. The most dominant of the parameters of the job stream are: (image

quality modes selected, job content, B&W and colour reproduction job stream, run length). The existing

International Standard (ISO/IEC 24735) only addresses the productivity issues for digital copying

devices when using both collation and an ADF (Automatic Document Feeder), and cannot be used for a

single one sided original.

This document provides a general method for measuring “productivity” when the above-mentioned job

stream parameters for digital copying devices are taken into consideration. This document also includes

instructions for the creation of test charts. It allows manufacturers and buyers of digital copying

devices to describe the productivity of various digital copying devices with respect to representative

office usage.
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Information technology — Office equipment — Method for
measuring digital copying productivity for a single one-
sided original
1 Scope

This document specifies a method for measuring “productivity” of digital copying devices and

multifunctional devices with various copying modes and a single one-sided original. The document is

applicable to digital copying devices and multifunctional devices. The document is intended to be used

for black and white (B&W) as well as colour digital copying devices and multifunctional devices of any

underlying marking technology. This document includes instructions for the creation of test charts, test

setup procedure, test procedure, and the reporting requirements for the digital copying productivity

measurements.
This document is not intended to replace manufacturer's rated speeds.
2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For

undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

ISO 536, Paper and board — Determination of grammage

ISO 2470-1, Paper, board and pulps — Measurement of diffuse blue reflectance factor — Part 1: Indoor

daylight conditions (ISO brightness)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:

— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at http:// www .electropedia .org/
3.1
cpm
copies per minute

copying rate, excluding time to first page copied, measured when producing pages in a continuous

copying mode for one minute with a single static document using a nominal grammage substrate

Note 1 to entry: Nominal copying speed is expressed in copies per minute or images per minute (ipm) (3.7).

3.2
sEFTP
effective throughput

rate at which a device produces pages measured from the initiation of the job through the complete exit

of the last test set (3.18)

Note 1 to entry: “s” denotes that a single one sided original is used for the measurement.

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Note 2 to entry: sEFTP is expressed in images per minute (ipm) (3.7). sEFTP can be affected by scan time, digital

processing time, and maintenance as well as the run time of the test.

Note 3 to entry: There is a different definition called “EFTP; Effective Throughput”. This “EFTP” for digital

copying machine is defined in ISO/IEC 24735 International Standard.

Note 4 to entry: The term “test set” and “test copy” have the same meaning for a single one sided original.

3.3
sESAT
estimated saturated throughput

rate at which a device produces pages measured from the complete exit of the first test set (3.18) to the

complete exit of the last test set

Note 1 to entry: “s” denotes that a single one sided original is used for the measurement.

Note 2 to entry: sESAT is expressed in images per minute (ipm) (3.7).

Note 3 to entry: There is a different definition called “Continuous Copy Speed” for EP (electrophotographic)

copying machine is defined in ISO/IEC 21117 International Standard. Also, there is a different definition called

“ESAT; Estimated Saturated Throughput”. This “ESAT” for digital copying machine is defined in ISO/IEC 24735

International Standard.

Note 4 to entry: The term “test set” and “test copy” have the same meaning for a single one sided original.

3.4
sFCOT
first copy out time

number of seconds between the initiation of the job to the complete exit of the first copy

Note 1 to entry: “s” denotes that a single one sided original is used for the measurement.

Note 2 to entry: For a single one sided original the first copy is the first set and sFCOT equals sFSOT.

Note 3 to entry: sFCOT can refer to sFCOT from Ready, sFCOT from Sleep, sFCOT from Off. Specific usage will be

noted by sFCOT , sFCOT , sFCOT .
Ready Sleep Off
Note 4 to entry: sFCOT is strongly affected by the scanning time.

Note 5 to entry: There is a different definition called “FCOT; First Copy Out Time”. This “FCOT” for EP

(electrophotographic) copying machine is defined in ISO/IEC 21117 International Standard. Also, there is

a different definition called “FSOT; First Set Out Time”. This “FSOT” for digital copying machine is defined in

ISO/IEC 24735 International Standard.
3.5
full detailed report

presentation of information including machine setup, summary and full measured test results

Note 1 to entry: An example of a full detailed report is shown in [Annex B].
3.6
full report

presentation of results including the sFCOT (3.4) from Ready, sFCOT from Sleep, sFCOT from Off, sESAT

(3.3) and sEFTP (3.2) values as well as the calculated averages for each values
3.7
ipm
images per minute

copy rate, excluding time to first page copied, as measured when producing pages in a continuous copy

mode for one minute with a single static document using a nominal grammage substrate

Note 1 to entry: Nominal copying speed is expressed in copies per minute (cpm) (3.1) or images per minute.

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3.8
off state

state from which a device is not capable of making a copy without user intervention to turn on the power.

Note 1 to entry: A device may enter Off state due to a user turning the device off, or the device may enter Off state

automatically after a delay.
3.9
performance test

test used to evaluate productivity by providing sFCOT (3.4), sESAT (3.3) and sEFTP (3.2)

3.10
power management delay time

time that a device waits between the exit of the last page of the last job and being in a lower power state

such as Sleep state or Off state (3.8)

Note 1 to entry: The power management delay time corresponding to the setting as shipped is referred to as

“default power management delay time” or "default delay time".
3.11
ready delay time

required delay time from the complete exit of the last page of the previous copy job to the start of the

next job
3.12
ready state

state which a device typically enters after the exit of the last page of the last job and the device is in a

stable condition, but fully warmed up and prepared to operate

Note 1 to entry: While in the Ready state, systems not directly involved with marking the media are allowed to

be in motion.
EXAMPLE Fans may still be spinning and all other motors stopped.
3.13
recovery time

time required by a device to recover from a sleep state given by the difference in the exit timing of the

first page of the sleep state job and the exit timing of the first page of the ready state (3.12) job

Note 1 to entry: Other related terms are “resume time” and “return time”. Other similar terms have been used in

industry as well.
3.14
saturated time per copy

average time per copy measured from the complete exit of the first copy to the complete exit of the

last copy
3.15
simplex
simplex copying
use of a copying device when only a single side of a sheet is copied on

Note 1 to entry: Other equivalent terms is “one-sided copying” or “simplex to simplex” (referred as 1:1 mode).

3.16
test file
digital file used for creating test targets (3.20)
EXAMPLE A single Microsoft Excel file within the Office test is a “test file”.
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3.17
test run

operation of copying one test target (3.20), in a particular system configuration, with a particular test

set (3.18) and page count
Note 1 to entry: Copy times are recorded for each test run.
3.18
test set
all of the pages of a test target (3.20)

Note 1 to entry: The term “test set” and “test copy” have the same meaning for a single one sided original.

3.19
test suite
combination of test files (3.16) for each category test
EXAMPLE 1 The Office Category test suite consists of three test files.

EXAMPLE 2 The Advertising and Graphics Category test suite consists of four test files.

3.20
test target

hardcopy page used for testing per the test method, created from the test file (3.16)

Note 1 to entry: an equivalent term is “test chart”.
3.21
warm-up time

time required by a device to recover from Off state (3.8) given by the difference in sFCOT (3.4) between

Off state and Ready state (3.12)

Note 1 to entry: Other similar terms, such as "wait time", have been used in industry as well.

4 Test parameters and conditions
4.1 Copying device setup

Place the copying device on a horizontal surface and set up the copying device according to the

manufacturer's recommendations.

The copying device shall be fully enclosed in its normal exterior cover. The machine and all of its

necessary supplies shall be acclimated in the test environment prior to conducting the test(s) for at

least 8 hours. All supplies used in the test(s), including copy paper, shall be those specified by the

manufacturer. All image and copying modes shall be at their factory pre-set configuration for the

copying device. It is assumed that the settings listed in Table 1 are common to all copying devices. These

listed settings shall be set to the manufacturer's default or pre-set condition for the device. If a device

has settings not listed in Table 1, they too shall be set to default settings. For copying devices that have

additional print quality and digital image processing features, those features shall be set to match their

normal default condition, and included in the result reporting.

Disabling manufacturer default installed features, routines or applications, is not allowed.

EXAMPLE 1 Examples of routines that may not be disabled include, but are not limited to the following

— automatic cleaning
— calibration cycles
— energy save settings
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If the system has automatic media detect(automatic paper type selection), it can be disabled, and paper

used in the test shall be selected manually. This shall be noted in the full detailed report (see [Annex B]).

The following pre-set values in the test will be noted on this report format. Additional optional tests

with non-default settings or configurations may be run.

If the copying device is setup with internal or external options such as memory, sorter, or finisher as

default, then these options shall be noted on the full detailed report format in the configuration options

as shown in [Annex B].
EXAMPLE 2 Examples of configurations options to be captured.
— Finisher as default
— 160GB HDD installed
Table 1 — Pre-set settings
Pre-set item Pre-set value
Output resolution default
Output Quality default
Mode Copying mode default
Auto density adjustment default
Collating function default
Paper sending direction default
Paper
Paper type setting default
Paper feeding default Paper Feeder
Paper-path Paper exit Standard exit tray
Face up exit default
Fixing capability default
Image quality stability default
Temporary stop
Capacity of paper default
Others default
4.2 Copying device condition

All supplies used in the test(s), including paper and printing device consumables, shall be only those

specified as acceptable for use by the manufacturer (or otherwise noted). If available the number

of pages printed on the engine and printed on the consumables prior to the start of the test shall be

recorded and reported. The machine and all of its necessary supplies shall be acclimated in the test

environment prior to conducting the test(s) at least 8 hours.
4.3 Sample size

Each target shall be tested and measured at least twice for repeatability. All required tests shall be run

using one device.
4.4 Paper

The output paper used in this test shall be within the range of, and/or not violate, specific written

attribute guidelines and recommendations provided by the copying device manufacturer, which may

include but are not limited to: size, grammage, composition, paper manufacturer(s), paper type, part

number and other physical characteristics. Care shall be taken to use a paper that conforms to the

copying device manufacturers' paper specifications for the default copying device settings. The paper

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used for the performance test [5.4] shall be cut-sheet, A4 and/or 8.5"x11" size. The paper used in the

test shall be recorded in the Full Detailed Test Report.

You should use the same paper size for each machine when you want to compare the productivity

results of one machine with other machines. If the copying device is used in “thick paper mode” for

copying, then this optional mode should be noted on the full detailed report format in corresponding

column in [Annex B].
4.5 Maintenance

Copying device maintenance shall be performed throughout testing per the manufacturer's

recommendations on an as needed basis.
EXAMPLE Examples of maintenance routines that shall be performed.
— cleaning routines
— consumables replacement
4.6 Preparation of test targets (test charts)
The copying test file is outlined in [Annex C] (Normative).

This test file is from ISO/IEC 24735 “Method of Measuring Digital Copying productivity". The test file

consists of 4 single sided pages. When using the test file for the copying productivity test, the test

targets shall be created by printing the most recent electronic test file. If the intended machine does not

have a printer function, then record the name of the printer which is used to p
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