AIC2-5 - IGT Testing Systems

Amsterdam

IGT and International Standardisation IGT is active in several Working Groups and Technical Committees to promote better international standardisation and to provide the members in the Working Groups with first-hand information about the real capabilities of the test equipment. IGT has the convenorship in ISO TC6-SC2-WG21 for printability and TAPPI PPQC pick testing as well as several participations in other working groups as technical expert. With reference to the IGT printability testers there is already a large range of methods written in several organisations. Most of these are based on the well known IGT W-information leaflets which you can download by clicking on the W-number in one of the following tables. Below is a list of the current standardized methods and the organisation where the standard or method can be acquired.

(The mentioned standards and methods can not be made available by IGT Testing Systems but have to be ordered through the issuing organisations or through your local national standard organisation.)

ISO 3783: Pick testing using the IGT printability tester electric model
ISO 2436: Print evaluation, gloss
ISO 2834: Test print preparation for offset and letterpress inks
ISO 2846: Colour and transparency of printing inks
ISO 12634: Tack measuring
TAPPI TM 575 : Pick testing identical to ISO 3783
NEN 1836: IGT Print penetration
NEN 1839: IGT Roughness
NEN : Felt and wire side determination
AFNOR : Heliotest
SCAN 63-97: Pick test as ISO 3783
JIT 3079: Pick test as ISO 3783
CEN EN 12283: Toner adhesion

Global Standard Testers

Tests with the IGT printability testers are described in detail in the so-called W-leaflets. The W-leaflets you find below can be downloaded free of charge.

For each type of printability tester there are differences in the way in which a test is carried out. These documents can be downloaded and read using Adobe™ Acrobat Reader™, a free copy can be downloaded from the Adobe™ website.

AIC2-5T2000

These documents can be downloaded and read using Adobe™ Acrobat Reader™, a free copy can be downloaded from the Adobe™ website.

W21 Scumming test
W24 IGT print penetration
W28 IGT roughness
W31 IGT picking, aluminium, ISO 37
W32 Wet pick and wet repellence 85 shore A
W33 Fluff test, loose and weakly bound paper particles
W38 Picking Westvaco
W41 Heliotest
W43 Striking through
W44 Linting rubber 85 shore A
W45 Screened letterpress printing
W46 Wet-in-wet printing, two colour
W48 Set-off
W49 Gloss
W50 Ink transfer
W51 Imaging of carbon paper
W52 Wipe-ability of carbon paper
W53 Imaging of carbonless paper
W54 Wipe-ability of carbonless paper

W55 Toner adhesion EN12283 constant speed
W56 Toner adhesion at increasing speed
W57 Mottle by setting off
W58 Mottle in printing
W59 Water interference mottle
W60 Felt and wire side determination
W68 Striking through, 65 shore A
W69 Wet on wet printing, 65 shore A
W70 Linting rubber 65 shore A
W71 Gloss, 65 Shore A
W72 Ink transfer g/m2, 65 Shore A
W78 Set-off 0.2 m/s
W80 Ink transfer, blanket g/m2
W81 Ink transfer, letterpress g/m2
W85 Intaglio
W86 Picking, multi pass (aluminium)
W87 Picking, multi pass (rubber 85 Shore)
W88 Picking, multi pass (rubber 65 Shore)
W100 General procedures

AIC2-5 older versions

These documents can be downloaded and read using Adobe™ Acrobat Reader™, a free copy can be downloaded from the Adobe™ website.