The apricot printer has a speed of 8.
The surefire printer has a speed of 12.
The surefire is faster than the apricot printer, so it wll take less time to print a document.
The apricot printer takes 4.5 minutes.
Therefore by proportion, the surefire printer takes
(8/12)*4.5 = 3 minutes.
Answer: 3 minutes