BS ISO IEC 29102:2015 pdf free download – Information technology – Office equipment-Methodfor the determination of inkcartridge photo yield for colourprinting with inkjet printersand multi-function devicesthat contain inkjet printercomponents
4.1Set up
Place the printer on a horizontal surface and set up the printer according to the installation guideprovided in the printer user’s manual. If a printer has the capability to use both PC connection andanother method of data input for photo printing,the PC connection shall be used for testing. lf a printerdoes not have PC connection capability, the method of delivering photo test page suite to printer andprinting procedure shall be included in the test report. Use the most recent printer driver availablefrom the manufacturer’s website or the supplied driver with the printer.The driver version shall bespecified on the test report.Cartridge installation shall be completed following the instructions in thecartridge installation guide.If there is a contradiction between the printer and cartridge manuals for thecartridge installation, the cartridge manual will take precedence except if changes are recommendedfor printer or driver settings.
At the start of the test, all printers shall be set up using a set of priming cartridges to ensure that theink used in testing is primarily for printing, not for initial priming/cleaning.After the printer is setup according to the manufacturer’s instructions, the priming cartridges shall be used to print untilconsistent images are generated. The priming cartridges shall be removed and replaced with newcartridges that will be used for testing yield.The pages printed during priming operation will beincluded in the test report.But, those pages are not counted towards yield.Even if required by theprinter, printhead alignment does not have to be performed on the priming cartridges.The replacementof the priming cartridges with the first set of test cartridges may be done all at once or staggeredindividually. If done all at once, all test cartridges begin with photo test suite number 1 and continueuntil end of life.If the staggered start method is used, the test suite number shall be tracked separatelyfor each cartridge.The test start method shall be included in the test report.
Print quality level selection shall be at factory pre-set configuration for the printer and default installedcondition for the driver and shall be included in the test report.Any user selectable ink conservationmodes,(for example, draft mode) shall be disabled during testing.If content type selection to photo isavailable on the printer, it shall be set to photo and included in the test report.
Paper media selection shall be set to photo paper. In case of multiple choices are available for photopaper setting, selection made for testing shall be included in the test report. lf user selectable automaticmedia detection is available on the printer,it shall be disabled to make sure the same ink amount to beconsumed for different media. If automatic media detection is used, it shall be noted on the test report.lf these settings cannot be verified, then testing shall occur with automatic media detection on. if theprinter and driver settings differ, then the driver defaults shall be used.