Material Testing – Paper & Ink

WAN-IFRA extends its renowned research expertise testing of newsprint and ink—materials that drive over 90% of production quality. Test before you commit to the shop floor to ensure consistency, optimize costs, and select top performers (atleast once 6months random to study the reality of manufacturers).

Uncover Hidden Issues:

• Struggling with inconsistent results or unexplained quality drops?

• Need to identify the ink brand/batch with superior mileage and yield?

Key Testing Parameters:

• Ink mileage/yield (Gram per square meter) under controlled tint, text, and densities.  by simulating even strips (density) canculating consumption

• GSM consistency/deviations impacting yield.

• Colorimetry (LAB, density, transparency) against ISO benchmarks.

• Visual quality evaluation and cuboid measurement and reports

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How we do it?

IGT Actual Test simulation –  videos

3. RMTC Specialized Studies:

A) ISO Conformance Testing:

• ISO 2846-2: Ink mileage, optimum ink-film thickness (IFT), color conformity, transparency.

• ISO 12647-3: Newsprint LAB values, primary/spot color conformance, ISO color gamut overlap.

B) GSM Comparative Analysis (40/42/45 gsm):
Quantifies dot gain, mottling, and density shifts across substrates.

C) Ink-Paper Mileage Matrix:
Empirical yield testing (kg⁻¹ coverage) across ink brands/batches and paper types—superior to variable pages-per-kg approximations.

D) Vendor Performance Indexing:
Ranked by reproducibility metrics (ΔE, mileage) and cost-per-unit-area.

E) Newsprint Yield Profiling:
Grammage uniformity mapping; quantifies yield loss from GSM overage.