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PPM (Pages Per Minute)
PPM is a throughput measure: the number of pages a printer produces per minute. Quoted figures depend heavily on the test conditions used.
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PPM, or pages per minute, is the standard way printer throughput is described. It reflects sustained output speed once a job is running rather than the time to produce a single page from idle.
Quoted PPM values depend on the page content, colour versus monochrome output, paper size, and the measurement method. Simple text pages typically reach higher rates than pages with heavy graphics, and colour output is often slower than monochrome on the same device.
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