Pyramid TIFF Assembler Tests

 

 

Test bed PC primary performance indicators:

 

CPU

AMD Athlon XP 2600+

Memory

1 gigabyte DDR 400

Hard Disk

160 gigabyte Seagate

 

System information details:

 

OS Name        Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Version        5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

OS Manufacturer        Microsoft Corporation

System Name        xxxxxx

System Manufacturer     MSI

System Model        MS-6712

System Type  X86-based PC

Processor        x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD ~2088 Mhz

BIOS Version/Date        American Megatrends Inc. Version 07.00T, 4/2/2001

SMBIOS Version        2.3

Windows Directory        D:\WINDOWS

System Directory        D:\WINDOWS\system32

Boot Device        \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale        United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer        Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"

User Name        xxxxxx\larry

Time Zone        Central Daylight Time

Total Physical Memory        1,024.00 MB

Available Physical Memory        622.38 MB

Total Virtual Memory        2.00 GB

Available Virtual Memory        1.96 GB

Page File Space        2.40 GB

Page File        D:\pagefile.sys

 

 

Single plate 8up test

8.5 x 11.0 inch 1-bit 2540 dpi CCITT4 TIFF pages

4 heads up and four down

Rotating 4 pages 180 degrees during the assembly

Final TIFF size 91440 x 60960 pixels

Assembly job name: “8up-2.f01p01”

 

Time to output seconds:

Black

14.3

Cyan

7.9

Magenta

9.8

Yellow

10.7

Total

42.7

 

 

That wasn’t much of a challenge, lets make Pyramid rotate all of those pages 90 or 270, doing all 90 and 270 rotations will take it a lot longer. The sheet size was increased to handle the new rotation directions.

 

 

Single plate 8up test

8.5 x 11.0 inch 1-bit 2540 dpi CCITT4 TIFF pages

4 heads left and four heads right

Rotating 4 pages 90 degrees and 4 pages 270 degrees during the assembly

Final TIFF size 101600 x 76200 pixels

 

Time to output seconds:

Black

46.5

Cyan

37.2

Magenta

41.3

Yellow

40.9

Total

165.9

 

 

It does take longer when Pyramid has to rotate all of the pages. 90 degree rotation adds about 4 seconds per page, but it still doesn’t seem like a very stressful test so let's make it harder. How about a 64-up layout--just for fun? Here, we didn't have color separations for all pages, so only the Black plate has sixty-four page separations; the others only had a scant thirty-nine pages to stitch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIG Single plate 64up test

8.5 x 11.0 inch 1-bit 2540 dpi CCITT4 TIFF pages

32 heads up and 32 heads down

Rotating 32 pages 180 degrees during the Black plate assembly

Final TIFF size: 182880 x 233680 pixels

 

 

Time to output minutes:

Black

1.82

Cyan

0.67

Magenta

0.76

Yellow

0.69

Total

3.94

 

Not too bad!?

 

 

 

Pyramid TIFF Assembler Log

 

 

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Wednesday, July 20, 2005    15:40:55

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15:40:55 PDF previewing is available

15:40:55 PDF imposition is available

 

 

15:45:59 Reading assembly job data for: 8up-2.f01p01.Cyan.NewsPages.1

15:45:59 Separation color_name: Composite

15:45:59 Separation print: TRUE

15:45:59 Seeking mark color name Cyan in mark Colorbar

15:45:59 Found matching mark color name Cyan for Cyan plate

15:45:59 Beginning assembly job <1bit_tiff> 8up-2.f01p01.Cyan.NewsPages.1

 (Queue: NewsPages  Color: Composite  Size: 36.000 x 24.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y)

15:45:59 Rotating element[4] ImposeXManualpdf-0027.Cyan.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:45:59 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0027.Cyan.01.tif for rotation...

15:45:59 TIFF Rotate Element time: 203 milliseconds

15:45:59 Rotating element[5] ImposeXManualpdf-0026.Cyan.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:45:59 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0026.Cyan.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:00 TIFF Rotate Element time: 219 milliseconds

15:46:00 Rotating element[6] ImposeXManualpdf-0022.Cyan.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:00 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0022.Cyan.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:00 TIFF Rotate Element time: 218 milliseconds

15:46:00 Rotating element[7] ImposeXManualpdf-0012.Cyan.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:00 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0012.Cyan.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:00 TIFF Rotate Element time: 235 milliseconds

15:46:00 Assembling elements...

15:46:00 Merging element[0] ImposeXManualpdf-0033.Cyan.01

 (Pos: 1.000 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Cyan  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:00 Merging element[1] ImposeXManualpdf-0001.Cyan.01

 (Pos: 9.500 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Cyan  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:00 Merging element[2] ImposeXManualpdf-0021.Cyan.01

 (Pos: 18.000 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Cyan  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:00 Merging element[3] ImposeXManualpdf-0029.Cyan.01

 (Pos: 26.500 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Cyan  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:00 Merging element[4] ImposeXManualpdf-0027.Cyan.01.tif

 (Pos: 1.000 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Cyan  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:00 Merging element[5] ImposeXManualpdf-0026.Cyan.01.tif

 (Pos: 9.500 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Cyan  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:00 Merging element[6] ImposeXManualpdf-0022.Cyan.01.tif

 (Pos: 18.000 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Cyan  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:00 Merging element[7] ImposeXManualpdf-0012.Cyan.01.tif

 (Pos: 26.500 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Cyan  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:00 Merging element[8] SIXCOLORBARps-1.Cyan.8

 (Pos: 4.880 X 23.250 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Cyan  Size: 26.003 x 1.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 66048 x 2540)

15:46:07 Flat assembly time: 7.922 seconds

15:46:07 8up-2.f01p01.Cyan.NewsPages.1 <Cyan> Flat assembly completed successfully.

15:46:07 Reading assembly job data for: 8up-2.f01p01.Magenta.NewsPages.1

15:46:07 Separation color_name: Composite

15:46:07 Separation print: TRUE

15:46:07 Seeking mark color name Magenta in mark Colorbar

15:46:07 Found matching mark color name Magenta for Magenta plate

15:46:07 Beginning assembly job <1bit_tiff> 8up-2.f01p01.Magenta.NewsPages.1

 (Queue: NewsPages  Color: Composite  Size: 36.000 x 24.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y)

15:46:07 Rotating element[4] ImposeXManualpdf-0027.Magenta.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:07 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0027.Magenta.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:07 TIFF Rotate Element time: 188 milliseconds

15:46:07 Rotating element[5] ImposeXManualpdf-0026.Magenta.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:07 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0026.Magenta.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:08 TIFF Rotate Element time: 203 milliseconds

15:46:08 Rotating element[6] ImposeXManualpdf-0022.Magenta.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:08 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0022.Magenta.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:08 TIFF Rotate Element time: 203 milliseconds

15:46:08 Rotating element[7] ImposeXManualpdf-0012.Magenta.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:08 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0012.Magenta.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:08 TIFF Rotate Element time: 235 milliseconds

15:46:08 Assembling elements...

15:46:08 Merging element[0] ImposeXManualpdf-0033.Magenta.01

 (Pos: 1.000 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Magenta  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:08 Merging element[1] ImposeXManualpdf-0001.Magenta.01

 (Pos: 9.500 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Magenta  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:08 Merging element[2] ImposeXManualpdf-0021.Magenta.01

 (Pos: 18.000 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Magenta  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:08 Merging element[3] ImposeXManualpdf-0029.Magenta.01

 (Pos: 26.500 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Magenta  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:08 Merging element[4] ImposeXManualpdf-0027.Magenta.01.tif

 (Pos: 1.000 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Magenta  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:08 Merging element[5] ImposeXManualpdf-0026.Magenta.01.tif

 (Pos: 9.500 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Magenta  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:08 Merging element[6] ImposeXManualpdf-0022.Magenta.01.tif

 (Pos: 18.000 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Magenta  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:08 Merging element[7] ImposeXManualpdf-0012.Magenta.01.tif

 (Pos: 26.500 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Magenta  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:08 Merging element[8] SIXCOLORBARps-1.Magenta.8

 (Pos: 4.880 X 23.250 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Magenta  Size: 26.003 x 1.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 66048 x 2540)

15:46:17 Flat assembly time: 9.765 seconds

15:46:17 8up-2.f01p01.Magenta.NewsPages.1 <Magenta> Flat assembly completed successfully.

15:46:17 Reading assembly job data for: 8up-2.f01p01.Yellow.NewsPages.1

15:46:17 Separation color_name: Composite

15:46:17 Separation print: TRUE

15:46:17 Seeking mark color name Yellow in mark Colorbar

15:46:17 Found matching mark color name Yellow for Yellow plate

15:46:17 Beginning assembly job <1bit_tiff> 8up-2.f01p01.Yellow.NewsPages.1

 (Queue: NewsPages  Color: Composite  Size: 36.000 x 24.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y)

15:46:17 Rotating element[4] ImposeXManualpdf-0027.Yellow.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:17 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0027.Yellow.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:17 TIFF Rotate Element time: 203 milliseconds

15:46:17 Rotating element[5] ImposeXManualpdf-0026.Yellow.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:17 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0026.Yellow.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:18 TIFF Rotate Element time: 187 milliseconds

15:46:18 Rotating element[6] ImposeXManualpdf-0022.Yellow.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:18 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0022.Yellow.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:18 TIFF Rotate Element time: 187 milliseconds

15:46:18 Rotating element[7] ImposeXManualpdf-0012.Yellow.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:18 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0012.Yellow.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:18 TIFF Rotate Element time: 203 milliseconds

15:46:18 Assembling elements...

15:46:18 Merging element[0] ImposeXManualpdf-0033.Yellow.01

 (Pos: 1.000 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Yellow  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:18 Merging element[1] ImposeXManualpdf-0001.Yellow.01

 (Pos: 9.500 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Yellow  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:18 Merging element[2] ImposeXManualpdf-0021.Yellow.01

 (Pos: 18.000 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Yellow  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:18 Merging element[3] ImposeXManualpdf-0029.Yellow.01

 (Pos: 26.500 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Yellow  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:18 Merging element[4] ImposeXManualpdf-0027.Yellow.01.tif

 (Pos: 1.000 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Yellow  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:18 Merging element[5] ImposeXManualpdf-0026.Yellow.01.tif

 (Pos: 9.500 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Yellow  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:18 Merging element[6] ImposeXManualpdf-0022.Yellow.01.tif

 (Pos: 18.000 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Yellow  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:18 Merging element[7] ImposeXManualpdf-0012.Yellow.01.tif

 (Pos: 26.500 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Yellow  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:18 Merging element[8] SIXCOLORBARps-1.Yellow.8

 (Pos: 4.880 X 23.250 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Yellow  Size: 26.003 x 1.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 66048 x 2540)

15:46:28 Flat assembly time: 10.703 seconds

15:46:28 8up-2.f01p01.Yellow.NewsPages.1 <Yellow> Flat assembly completed successfully.

15:46:28 Reading assembly job data for: 8up-2.f01p01.Black.NewsPages.1

15:46:28 Separation color_name: Composite

15:46:28 Separation print: TRUE

15:46:28 Seeking mark color name Black in mark Colorbar

15:46:28 Found matching mark color name Black for Black plate

15:46:28 Beginning assembly job <1bit_tiff> 8up-2.f01p01.Black.NewsPages.1

 (Queue: NewsPages  Color: Composite  Size: 36.000 x 24.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y)

15:46:28 Rotating element[4] ImposeXManualpdf-0027.Black.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:28 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0027.Black.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:28 TIFF Rotate Element time: 453 milliseconds

15:46:28 Rotating element[5] ImposeXManualpdf-0026.Black.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:28 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0026.Black.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:29 TIFF Rotate Element time: 1 seconds

15:46:29 Rotating element[6] ImposeXManualpdf-0022.Black.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:30 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0022.Black.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:30 TIFF Rotate Element time: 391 milliseconds

15:46:30 Rotating element[7] ImposeXManualpdf-0012.Black.01

 (Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Rot: -180  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:30 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0012.Black.01.tif for rotation...

15:46:30 TIFF Rotate Element time: 421 milliseconds

15:46:30 Assembling elements...

15:46:30 Merging element[0] ImposeXManualpdf-0033.Black.01

 (Pos: 1.000 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Black  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:30 Merging element[1] ImposeXManualpdf-0001.Black.01

 (Pos: 9.500 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Black  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:30 Merging element[2] ImposeXManualpdf-0021.Black.01

 (Pos: 18.000 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Black  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:30 Merging element[3] ImposeXManualpdf-0029.Black.01

 (Pos: 26.500 X 1.125 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Black  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:30 Merging element[4] ImposeXManualpdf-0027.Black.01.tif

 (Pos: 1.000 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Black  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:30 Merging element[5] ImposeXManualpdf-0026.Black.01.tif

 (Pos: 9.500 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Black  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:30 Merging element[6] ImposeXManualpdf-0022.Black.01.tif

 (Pos: 18.000 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Black  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:30 Merging element[7] ImposeXManualpdf-0012.Black.01.tif

 (Pos: 26.500 X 12.125 Y  Rot: -180  Color: Black  Size: 8.500 x 11.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:46:30 Merging element[8] SIXCOLORBARps-1.Black.8

 (Pos: 4.880 X 23.250 Y  Rot: 0  Color: Black  Size: 26.003 x 1.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 66048 x 2540)

15:46:42 Flat assembly time: 14.312 seconds

15:46:42 8up-2.f01p01.Black.NewsPages.1 <Black> Flat assembly completed successfully.

15:46:42 Resetting mapped mark colors...

                Details:

                Yellow -> Yellow

                Black -> Black

                Magenta -> Magenta

                Cyan -> Cyan

 

 

15:54:44 Reading assembly job data for: 8up-all_90_rot.f01p01.Cyan.NewsPages.1

15:54:44 Separation color_name: Composite

15:54:44 Separation print: TRUE

15:54:44 Seeking mark color name Cyan in mark Colorbar

15:54:44 Found matching mark color name Cyan for Cyan plate

15:54:44 Beginning assembly job <1bit_tiff> 8up-all_90_rot.f01p01.Cyan.NewsPages.1

 (Queue: NewsPages  Color: Composite  Size: 40.000 x 30.000  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y)

15:54:44 Rotating element[0] ImposeXManualpdf-0033.Cyan.01

 (Size: 11.000 x 8.500  Rot: -90  Res: 2540 X 2540 Y  Pixels: 21590 x 27940)

15:54:44 Loading ImposeXManualpdf-0033.Cyan.01.tif for rotation...

15:54:44 Rotation 10 pct complete

15:54:44 Rotation 20 pct complete

15:54:45 Rotation 30 pct complete

15:54:45 Rotation 40 pct complete

15:54:45 Rotation 50 pct complete

15:54:46 Rotation 60 pct complete

15:54:46 Rotation 70 pct complete

15:54:46 Rotation 80 pct complete

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