Increasing competitive pressures make it critical to know your strengths and make the most of them. An independent, head-to-head comparison of your printer versus the competition is the most effective way to prove your superiority.

QualityLogic has been testing printers since 1986, and we’re uniquely qualified to provide unbiased, expert test results that lend credibility to your marketing efforts. That’s why many industry leaders, including HP, Lexmark and Dell, cite QualityLogic studies in their web sites and advertising.

Performance Testing

Find out how your printer’s speed matches up to its competition or its own specified performance requirements. Using PageSense®, QualityLogic’s industry-standard performance measurement test tool, we will compare the performance of your printer or MFP against other products of your choice and provide you with an independent test report that you can use to better position your printer in the market.

Since your customers use your product in many ways, different aspects of its performance are important to different types of users. Small to mid-size business customers may use a printer sporadically, so the printer enters power save mode frequently during the day. Depending on the length of documents produced, a printer with a slower engine speed but a quick return from power save mode may be more efficient, so a first-page-out measurement may be more relevant than a measure of print speed.

If your product is a workhorse network printer that sees constant use, measuring its throughput on long, mostly text documents will give your targeted potential buyers the true story. Conversely, if your product is optimized for graphics-intensive markets, you can highlight its powerful processor by comparing it against other popular brands printing very complex documents.

PageSense includes simple, moderate and complex performance test pages for applications representing different market segments. Its automated features ensure reproducible results and enable us to complete testing quickly and economically.

Consumables Testing

Dozens of companies manufacture toner and ink cartridges, thermal ribbons and paper, as well as re-manufacture and refill toner and ink cartridges. Do you know how these products perform on your printer, compared to your consumables? QualityLogic can help you establish your position in the market with comprehensive, thorough, professional testing.

Yield Testing
QualityLogic’s consumables yield testing can benefit you in a number of important ways:

• Creditable yield statistics from independent product tests using industry standard test methods;
• Certified results that can be used in CPP and TCO comparison studies, product specifications, sales and marketing materials, and articles;
• Confidentiality of yield test results not suitable for publication.

QualityLogic uses approved ISO standard tests. If a standard is in process, we use as much of the emerging standard as possible, filling in the missing elements with our own best practices based on end user behavior.

Our proprietary technology and processes ensure efficient testing and superior quality results. QualityLogic’s PageServe™ software tracks every page printed from every cartridge and every printer, ensuring an undisputed audit trail for test results and minimizing measurement errors. Proprietary methods maximize test process efficiency and speed while ensuring the quality of the results.

Print Quality
Using pages designed by QualityLogic (or other third-party pages), we will compare the print quality of your cartridge to others. Our real world pages contain text, graphics and images that are representative of the way your customers print. We will evaluate common electrophotographic quality issues such as fade, streaking, and uneven density, as well as common ink jet issues such as color bleed, banding, and mottle.

Reliability
Unreliable cartridges incur hidden costs, in addition to the obvious lost yield. Printer downtime, operator intervention for troubleshooting, cartridge replacement and cleanup can cost far more than the faulty cartridge itself. QualityLogic’s consumables testing service compares reliability aspects of your consumables to your competitors’ and provides you with data that you can use to measure the cost of using your consumables.

Total Cost of Ownership
The number of acceptable pages per cartridge combined with the time it takes to order the consumable, how reliable products are when received, and the number of operator interventions caused by poor quality all contribute to the consumable’s real cost. We report the real cost associated with using various manufacturer’s products.

Custom Analysis

You can customize a competitive analysis based on specific parameters or features you choose. From the customers’ out-of-box-experience to the printer’s overall usability - setup, help, software, controls, displays and documentation - to the capabilities and performance of features and options, our thorough, independent testing will let you know exactly where your product stands.

Marketing Support

QualityLogic has worldwide experience in presenting results to the press and industry analysts. We can assist with your Q-and-A sessions to ensure your results are backed up 100 percent with industry-recognized expertise.

Competitive Testing Tools

Find out about QualityLogic's line of Test Tools for consistent, standardized printer performance testing:

• PageSense
• Application Test Suites (ATS) for all popular printer languages including the latest versions of HP PCL, Adobe PostScript and XPS
• Application Test Suite-Intermediate Files (ATS-IF) for Windows 95, 98, XP, Windows Vista, and Macintosh applications

More Information

To request additional information, call 800 436-6292 ext. 105 or 805 531 9030 ext. 105, or send an email to info@qualitylogic.com.