woo@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Alex Woo RAA) (05/04/91)
A few weeks ago, Ralph Carmichael and I asked for a summary
of PostScript benchmarks. Because of the lack of one, we
posted John Sullivan's LaserDoctor.ps file as a simple
test case. Basically it prints out the available fonts,
the available memory and times the printing of a wheel of
text. It was not meant as a benchmark but it was
simple and short. Here is a summary of the results.
PRINTER VERSION TIME SUBMITTER
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Agfa P3400PS 48.1 23.886 martin@typeset.ulcc.ac.uk
Apple LaserWriter Plus 38.0 113.474 martin@typeset.ulcc.ac.uk
Apple LaserWriter Plus 38.0 115.064 Carmicha@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov
Apple LaserWriter II NT 47.0 62.006 Carmicha@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov
Apple LaserWriter II NT 47.0 81.798 glewis@fws204.intel.com
Apple LaserWriter IINTX 47.0 21.856 jjwcmp@ultb.isc.rit.edu
DEC Printserver 40 48.3 9.29 Carmicha@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov
DEC Printserver 20 48.3 25.9 glewis@fws204.intel.com
DEC Scriptprinter 47.2 59.33 kosower@fnal.fnal.gov
DEC Scriptprinter 47.2 59.432 dayhoff@ddnvx1.af.mil
DEC VAXStation 3100 1006.5 20.864 dayhoff@ddnvx1.af.mil
Ghostscript Sparc 2 2.1.1 13.6 jknowles@trident.arc.nasa.gov
Ghostscript SUN 3/280 2.1 16.34 russ@artsci.toronto.edu
HP LJ II 52.3 81.832 jcm@naperville.att.com
HP LJ IIP w Adobe PS 70.035 lilianstrom@fnal.bitnet
HP LJ III w Pac CE270 2.28 345.8 panda%dad@whgsu.att.com
HP LJ III w Adobe PS 52.2 73.765 dbraun@ira.uka.de
HP LJ III w Adobe PS 52.2 65.49 ericrot@rosevax.rosemount.com
HP LJ IIIsi 5.614 lilianstrom@krang.fnal.gov
HP PS Jet+ 46.1 84.56 colsa,inc. Huntsville
Imagen Ultra 5.0TIP/II 14.1 50.864 thomas@wk213.nas.nasa.gov
Lino L300/RIP II(1270) 51.8 25.646 martin@typeset.ulcc.ac.uk
Lino L300/RIP 4 (1270) 51.8 20.745 jjwcmp@ultb.isc.rit.edu
NEC Silentwriter 47.0 62.501 glen@popcbr.rockefeller.edu
Newgen TurboPS 400 47.0 8.53 dbraun@ira.uka.de
NeXT 1.0a '030 1006.24 9.344 Woo@ames.arc.nasa.gov
NeXT 2.0 '040 2000.6 2.272 jchin@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca
QMS-PS 2000 52.4 1.903 qmsseq!lyle
QMS-PS 800 II 47.0 44.766 woo@ames.arc.nasa.gov
QMS-PS 810 47.2 43.074 ssmullen@utcvm.bitnet
QMS-PS 810 Turbo 51.7 15.421 woo@ames.arc.nasa.gov
QMS-PS 820 51.7 15.512 qmsseq!lyle
QMS-PS 820 47.0 44.652 larryp@sco.com
QMS-PS 2210 51.0 17.223 jjwcmp@ultb.isc.rit.edu
Qume CrystalPrint Pub 200.0 7.66 sysnmc@chron.com
Ricoh PC Laser 6000/PS 50.5 43.057 koga@ames.arc.nasa.gov
SUN SPARC I printer 2.1 25.680 kubicar@sun.com
Talaris 1590-T(firmware) 1.3 38.94 dstivend@cmsa.gmr.com
Talaris 1590-T 1.3 77.69 kosower@fnala.fnal.gov
TI Omnilaser 2115 47.0 57.572 sullivan@alw.nih.edu
TI Microlaser 52.1 55.45 sysnmc@chron.com
We would like to thanks all those who printed our test file
and submitted results. We found the exercise informative.
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========================================================================tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) (05/04/91)
In article <1991May4.022016.7860@riacs.edu> woo@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Alex Woo RAA) writes: >PRINTER VERSION TIME SUBMITTER ... >TI Microlaser 52.1 55.45 sysnmc@chron.com I don't know which MicroLaser that was (PS17 or PS35), but my PS35 with 2.5MB of memory gave TI Microlaser PS35 52.1 38.63 tneff@bfmny0.bfm.com ^^^^^ ------------- which is a heck of a lot faster than 55.45. One bit of potentially useful advice to testers is to remove any fancy FILTERS that you might have uploaded to the printer to rebind operators in some customized way, e.g., background logos. These can make ordinary printing take longer.
rock@rancho.uucp (Rock Kent) (05/05/91)
Alex> PRINTER VERSION TIME SUBMITTER Alex> ==================================================================== Alex> HP LJ III w Pac CE270 2.28 345.8 panda%dad@whgsu.att.com Alex> HP LJ III w Adobe PS 52.2 73.765 dbraun@ira.uka.de Alex> HP LJ III w Adobe PS 52.2 65.49 ericrot@rosevax.rosemount.com My results, with a HP LJ III w PacPage PE version 4.06 were 119.7 seconds. More manure for the heap. *************************************************************************** *Rock Kent rock@rancho.uucp POB 8964, Rancho Santa Fe, CA. 92067* ***************************************************************************
richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) (05/13/91)
>Alex> PRINTER VERSION TIME SUBMITTER >Alex> ==================================================================== >Alex> HP LJ III w Pac CE270 2.28 345.8 panda%dad@whgsu.att.com >Alex> HP LJ III w Adobe PS 52.2 73.765 dbraun@ira.uka.de >Alex> HP LJ III w Adobe PS 52.2 65.49 ericrot@rosevax.rosemount.com > >My results, with a HP LJ III w PacPage PE version 4.06 were 119.7 seconds. > >More manure for the heap. I've heard that with these and other printers that the amount of memory in the printer can have a noticeable effect on the speed of the PostScript interpreter. Perhaps that information could be added to any timings done in the future. -- Richard Foulk richard@pegasus.com