Mono Toner (black and white laser printers) – ISO 19752 Methodology and Test Target.So, in ISO 24711, you can also run the mono toner test target (ISO 19752) to get pure mono yield numbers (and just to keep you on your toes, ISO 19752 is also the number of the mono toner methodology!) What ISO Number Should I Look For? However, ISO also provides the option of using other test targets for comparing different technologies or for more focused testing. You will see printer manufacturers report the yield of their color and black cartridges referencing this standard.

For example, ISO 24711 defines the method that is used for testing the yield of ink cartridges using the ISO 24712 test suite. Typically, ISO has a number for a test methodology and a different number for a test target. Now, you can actually compare the claims of different printer manufacturer’s to each other! In the past, each company used their own internal methods for testing and reporting yields and while each method on its own may have been good, there was no way to compare one printer to another because everyone’s method was different. Most printer companies in the world are now beginning to report the yield of their ink and toner cartridges using recently released ISO standard methods.

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