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ASTM F2406-04(2012)

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Standard Practice for Determining Yield of Solid Ink Sticks (Withdrawn 2020)

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1.1 This practice covers a procedure to determine the yield in number of pages per solid ink stick used in a solid ink/phase change printer for printing an 8 by 10 in. image area on a letter size page at 50 ± 0.5 % fill of each individual color. This practice requires an accurate gram scale to weigh the solid ink sticks and the printed pages, a personal computer able to print a 50 ± 0.5 % fill of each color, as well as a test printer.

1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.


4.1 This practice can be used for the evaluation of OEM and compatible ink sticks.

4.2 This practice is suitable for research and development and quality acceptance evaluations.

4.3 This practice is suitable to extrapolate ink yield (Ye) of each color at other percent coverages (Ce) from the calculated yield (Y) using the following formula (see Table 1):

TABLE 1 Summary Results

Number of pages printed at varying percents of coverage

 

ACTUAL

 

5 %

10 %

25 %

50 %

Cyan

1036.23

488.05

206.65

105.89

Magenta

1000.00

527.88

223.62

110.04

Yellow

1036.23

543.73

194.03

105.20

Black

1048.15

518.32

214.39

107.81

 

PROJECTED from results taken at 50 %

Cyan

1058.90

529.45

211.78

105.89

Magenta

1100.40

550.20

220.08

110.04

Yellow

1052.00

526.00

210.40

105.20

Black

1078.10

539.05

215.62

107.81




Equation F2406-04R12_1

SDO ASTM: ASTM International
Document Number F2406
Publication Date Oct. 1, 2012
Language en - English
Page Count 2
Revision Level 04(2012)
Supercedes
Committee F05.03
Publish Date Document Id Type View
Oct. 1, 2012 F2406-04R12 Revision
May 1, 2004 F2406-04 Revision