These charts provide the key productivity figures for various SpeedSetter models, as a function of the resolution selected for
the jobs being produced. The values provided are for the imagesetting engine. The performance of the RIP is variable, and
some overhead time must be added to the page imaging times, at least for the first page to be output within a group of pages
and/or separations. Some RIP designs add very little overhead, particularly if the RIP is designed for parallel processing and
can simultaneous output while it is ripping the following page(s).


Exxcalibur Productivity Rates
Resolution (dots/inch) :
900
1200
1800
2400
3600
IMAGING SPEED (inches/minute)
36.8
27.6
18.4
13.8
9.2
IMAGING SPEED (sq. inches/min.)
1180
885
590
442
295
A2+ PAGE IMAGING (minutes)
0.7
0.9
1.4
1.8
2.7
A4 PAGES / 8 HOURS*
3224
2569
1826
1417
978
A4 CMYK SETS / 8 HRS*
806
642
457
354
245
* Maximum throughput rate. Assumes a continuous steam of rasterized data for six-up A4 page jobs is available from the RIP(s); interjob times
included; film loading and cassette changing times not included.
SpeedSetter 300x6 Productivity Rates
Resolution (dots/inch) :
900
1200
1800
2400
3600
IMAGING SPEED (inches/minute)
36.8
27.6
18.4
13.8
9.2
IMAGING SPEED (sq. inches/min.)
691
518
345
259
173
A3 PAGE IMAGING (minutes)
0.3
0.5
0.7
0.9
1.4
A4 PAGES / 8 HOURS*
1727
1435
1072
856
610
A4 CMYK SETS / 8 HRS*
432
359
268
214
152
* Maximum throughput rate. Assumes a continuous steam of rasterized data for six-up A4 page jobs is available from the RIP(s); interjob times
included; film loading and cassette changing times not included.
SpeedSetter 300x2 Productivity Rates
Resolution (dots/inch) :
1000
1200
1600
2000
2400
3000
4000
IMAGING SPEED (inches/minute)
12.4
10.4
7.8
6.2
5.2
4.1
3.1
IMAGING SPEED (sq. inches/min.)
223
194
146
116
97
78
58
A3 PAGE IMAGING (minutes)
1.0
1.2
1.6
2.0
2.4
3.0
4.0
A4 PAGES / 8 HOURS*
644
568
459
385
331
274
213
A4 CMYK SETS / 8 HRS*
161
142
115
96
83
69
53
* Maximum throughput rate. Assumes a continuous steam of rasterized data for six-up A4 page jobs is available from the RIP(s); interjob times
included; film loading and cassette changing times not included.
SpeedSetter 300L Productivity Rates
Resolution (dots/inch) :
1000
1200
1600
2000
2400
3000
IMAGING SPEED (inches/minute)
5.0
4.1
3.1
2.5
2.1
1.7
IMAGING SPEED (sq. inches/min.)
93
78
58
47
39
31
A3 PAGE IMAGING (minutes)
2.5
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.5
A4 PAGES / 8 HOURS*
273
239
191
159
137
112
A4 CMYK SETS / 8 HRS*
68
60
48
40
34
28
* Maximum throughput rate. Assumes a continuous steam of rasterized data for six-up A4 page jobs is available from the RIP(s); interjob times
included; film loading and cassette changing times not included.
When comparing these speeds with those from other manufacturers, consider carefully all factors that impact the true total productivity
of an imagesetting system. Raw imaging speed data for some manufacturer's imagesetters (with limited choices of RIP) can mask
the poor system productivity that results from serial RIPs or RIPs that choke on difficult PostScript and refuse to output anything, or
even allow screen previews. Some imagesetters are incapable of stop/start performance, and force the RIP to calculate and then buffer
the entire job before outputting can even begin.