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In the article, you say the Canon DRM-2010M prints "...40 inches per minute...." Canon is using the "ipm" measurement which stands for "images per minute." This is a new ISO standard that is beginning to be adopted by printer manufacturers. <http://www.cartridgenews.com/isoiec-24734-standard-brings-uniformity-to-print-speed-measurements>

ceej, on 25 November 2009 - 05:52 PM, said:

I don't think the DRM-2010M is a printer.

derkathon, on 25 November 2009 - 06:33 PM, said:

Yes, you're right. It's a scanner. It's still using the new ipm (images per minute) measurement standard, though.

derkathon, on 25 November 2009 - 06:33 PM, said:

He didn't say it prints "...40 inches per minute...", he said it scans "...40 inches per minute..." Plus he never said ipm.

Does anybody have any experiences with "Live TV" (slide #9). Sounds pretty interesting...

alex3yoyo, on 29 November 2009 - 11:59 AM, said:

Yes, that's correct. It's a scanner, not a printer. As I acknowledged in the post directly above yours, I referred to printing when I should have said scanning.

And yes, the Macworld writer says that the device scans at "...40 inches per minute..." However, Canon's spec sheet, linked in the article, does not say "40 inches per minute," it says "40 ipm" and "ipm" does not stand for "inches per minute" it stands for "images per minute" which might make you think "what the heck does images per minute mean"? (If you look further and read the brochure for the DRM-2010M, Canon says in the fine print that "ipm" stands for "images per minute.")

And that was the point of my post. There is a new ISO standard for rating the speed of imaging devices (printers, copiers, scanners) and it refers to "ipm" meaning "images per minute." Canon and HP have started using this standard and you will begin to see it more and more. Once everyone is using the ipm measurement standard to rate the speed of their devices, we will have a much better idea of the comparable performance capabilities of imaging devices.