Now with Windows Vista application support and other new features!

PageSense revolutionized printer and multifunction peripheral performance measurement with automated, accurate, standardized testing. Now PageSense 6 adds support for application programs designed to run on Microsoft® Windows Vista operating system.

For years, leading printer manufacturers, including Canon®, HP®, Lexmark® and Xerox®, and industry publications, such as PC Magazine, have used PageSense to automate performance testing and provide directly comparable results between printers. PageSense 6 is also the standard, accurate approach to MFP performance testing with support for scan, copy and fax features.

Overview

PageSense offers six performance test modes:

Print from PageSense: PageSense provides application test files and an automated process for printing and recording time measurements using a sensor unit. Accurate performance data is automatically logged into a database and can be displayed graphically for comparison. This method of testing a printer and driver simulates actual user experiences with printer performance, measuring how fast an application returns and how long it takes to print a page. Print from PageSense measures the interval from the time the OK button is clicked in the print dialog to the moment the last page enters the printer’s output bin.

Print From Anywhere: This semi-automated test remotely monitors print performance from platforms not currently supported by PageSense, such as standalone photo printers, Mac OS or Linux. A remote triggering device starts the PageSense timer simultaneously with the remote start of print. PageSense captures and calculates the timing measurement the moment the last page is released to the printer’s output bin.

Copy: This semi-automated test remotely monitors copy performance from an MFP or copier. The remote trigger device automatically starts the PageSense timer when you manually push the Copy button on the MFP. Output is detected by the sensor, and performance is captured and reported.

Fax: This test measures the time it takes to print a fax at the MFP. The fax is sent to the MFP, and the output is detected via the PageSense sensor. Fax uses the remote trigger to start the PageSense timer. 

Scan: This test measures the time required to scan a document and send it to the PageSense test PC. Time to completion and size of the file are captured. The remote trigger automatically starts the PageSense timer when you manually start the scan to send a file to the MFP. The sensor is not used. 

Binary Print Utility (BPU): The BPU is an independent application that prints captured files, eliminating the need to launch and run the supported applications. PageSense can create and send captured files directly to the printer, monitoring the amount of data sent in relation to elapsed time, and measuring the elapsed time to print the output. 

Performance Test Files

PageSense test files are specifically designed for performance testing. They are categorized as simple, moderate and complex, with extensive use of text formatting, graphics, images, color and multi-page design elements. We’ve added more complex files and files of several hundred pages to address the faster and more powerful printers on the market today.

PageSense supports ISO 12640:1997 image files. Each of eight images in three color spaces - 300 dpi monochrome, RGB and CMYK - can be printed using Photoshop. We have created some of our own test pages to provide you with a complete photo suite.

PageSense supports Windows® XP (32- and 64-bit) and Windows Vista, (32-bit).

PageSense Applications

QualityLogic has developed test pages for applications representing different market segments. PageSense test files are specifically designed for performance testing. They are categorized as simple, moderate and complex with extensive use of text formatting, graphics, images, color and multi-page design elements.

Adobe:
Acrobat 7
Acrobat 8
Illustrator CS2 (v12.0)
Illustrator CS3 (v13.0)
InDesign CS2 (v4.0)
InDesign CS3 (v5.0)
Photoshop CS2 (v9.0)
Photoshop CS3 (v10.0)

Corel:
CorelDRAW! 12
CorelDRAW! X3

Microsoft:
Access 2003
Access 2007
Excel 2003
Excel 2007
Expression Design
Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 7
PowerPoint 2003
PowerPoint 2007
Project 2007
Publisher 2003
Publisher 2007
Visio 2007
Word 2003
Word 2007

Netscape:
Navigator 7.0

Quark:
QuarkXPress 6
QuarkXPress 7

AutomatedQA TestComplete® Scripts

AutomatedQA TestComplete runs test scripts that manage the print, copy, fax and scan tests. Printer testing is completely automated from application launch to data logging. Other functions require limited manual intervention to initiate timing.

Comprehensive Reporting

PageSense uses Microsoft Excel’s Pivot Table feature to provide a wide range of reports that you can easily customize. Since all test data is stored in a single worksheet, creating new reports is a snap. As a shortcut to creating reports, a new option allows you to only report data without creating graphs.

New in PageSense 6, a spooler monitor reports file size, data transfer rates and elapsed spool time so you can isolate any performance problems to the driver or the printer.

Automatic, Accurate Timing

PageSense’s sensing unit detects paper eject events. For each event, a time stamp is transmitted to the system, ensuring the accuracy of timing and minimizing system overhead. PageSense reduces your MFP performance test cycle time dramatically.

System Requirements

• CPU: Dual Core, 2.0 GHz
• Memory: 2GB
• Ports: 1 available Serial (COM port) or 2 available Serial (COM) ports (if using sensor and RPS); 1 Parallel (LPT1 or 2) or USB port, depending on printer connection; 1 USB port (if using the remote trigger device)
• Display: VGA graphic card and display (256MB memory with 256-bit color minimum for some applications); screen resolution: 1024x768 or higher
• OS: Windows XP Professional Edition or Windows Vista
• Storage: Recommended: 160 GB hard drive with 15GB free space
• Simpler applications and the less complex files will run reliably on slower processors with less memory
  

Options

• Remote Power Switch (RPS) controls the printer or MFP power. The software can cycle the printer power (off/on) between print jobs or applications, or at user-defined times using the RPS.
• Network Connectivity: A Serial-to-Ethernet adapter allows network connection of the sensor for remote testing.

Support Contract

Protect your investment and ensure that your QualityLogic Test Tools are always up to date with a QualityLogic Support Contract.

Contact QualityLogic today to find out more! Call 800-436-6292 ext. 103 or 805-531-9030 ext. 103, or send an email to tools@qualitylogic.com.

Support Contract

Features

• Automated printer/driver performance testing
• Semi-automated copy, fax, scan, and ‘print from anywhere’ performance testing
• Intelligent sensor captures timing measurements
• Measures file size,
  data transfer rate, pages transferred per second, overall elapsed spool time
• Automated data collection, reporting and illustration
• Modify repeat and copy count of files
• Customize reports
• Supports 20 applications,
  including programs
  for Windows Vista

Benefits

• Accurate, repeatable results
• Standardized for competitive comparisons
• Isolates problems
  to driver or printer
• Saves time and money
• Easily accommodates your test files
• Remote testing via network

Now with support for these applications
for Windows Vista:

Adobe:
Acrobat 8
Illustrator CS3
Photoshop CS3
InDesign 5

Corel:
CorelDraw X3

Microsoft:
Access 2007
Excel 2007
Expression Design
Internet Explorer 7
PowerPoint 2007
Project 2007
Publisher 2007
Visio 2007
Word 2007

Quark:
QuarkXPress 7