How Manufacturers Test Printability of Paper
A printability test is conducted to determine the printability of the paper. Printability refers to the relationship between paper properties as a result of which the paper gets high quality, and appropriate printed impressions. It is also often described as the ability of the paper to perform well during printing. The factors that affect the printability of the paper include ink absorption, softness, gloss, thickness, resistance to picks, etc. And to measure this ability, a printability tester is used by the manufacturers.
What Is A Printability Tester?
As already stated above, this test is used to measure the printability of the paper and also prepare printing ink samples. When it comes to sourcing a reliable and accuracy-driven tester, manufacturers and labs trust UEC.
The printability tester by UEC is a high-performance surface coating printability testing equipment approved under TAPPI T 514 standard. It basically measures the printability of writing paper, copier paper, duplex paper, and art paper. Its functionality can be described in the following points:
The tester tests the paper and ink in simulated actual conditions just like printing.
It accurately determines the simulation of offset letterpress printing, gravure printing, and flexo printing.
The principal unit of the tester, which is electrically operated, measures the surface strength, print penetration, wet pick, abrasion, etc. of the paper specimen. What drives this machine are two printing discs, a variable interval timer, variable printing pressures, and speed.
The single shaft print tester is manually operated while the dual shaft tester is motorized.
A punch n die sample cutter, is an optional machine that manufacturers can get on demand for preparing test samples.
An inking apparatus for evenly distributing the ink on the printing disc can also be sourced on demand.
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