National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of ISO/IEC 24712:2007+A1:2026. It supersedes BS ISO/IEC 24712:2006, which is withdrawn.

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This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November 2026.

Foreword

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical activity. ISO and IEC technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the work. In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1.

International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

The main task of the joint technical committee is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the joint technical committee are circulated to national bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. ISO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

ISO/IEC 24712 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, Subcommittee SC 28, Office equipment.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 24712:2006), of which it constitutes a minor revision.

Introduction

This International Standard provides a set of test pages in a common file format that are used in the testing of cartridge yield for colour toner and colour ink. The focus of this test suite is not for printing of photographs, but is intended to be a sampling of typical consumer pages. The procedure for using these pages is detailed in ISO/IEC 19798 and ISO/IEC 24711.

1 Scope

The scope of this International Standard is to define colour test pages for the measurement of consumable yield. The test page suite includes four “customer” type documents and one “diagnostic” page that is used to determine end of ink or toner consumable life. These pages can be used for electro-photographic, inkjet printers and multi-function devices that have a digital printing path, i.e. an all-in-one electro-photographic machine that has digital printing capabilities.

This International Standard provides a set of test pages in a common file format that would be used in the testing of consumable yield. The procedure for using these pages is detailed in ISO/IEC 19798 and ISO/IEC 24711.

These pages are intended to represent some of the types of documents that are used in the office and home. They are not intended to represent special applications such as photo printing.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Conversion from PostScript to PDF

5 Conversion from CMYK to RGB

6 Page Descriptions

6.1 Business Letter

6.2 Spreadsheet

6.3 Newsletter

6.4 Slide

6.5 Diagnostic