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Ink Consumption Test Resources
Ink Consumption Study
The elements required to conduct or reproduce an ink consumption test for any rigid media printer (flatbed) are found below including the common source image, detailed test procedure, documented measurement method and data recording sheet. Using any accurate hanging scale and these methods and data, the ink consumption rate of any flatbed printer designed to use UV curable inks can be accurately determined.
Important:
This test method only accounts for ink deposited on the test media during the printing process. It does not account for ink consumed in maintenance before, during or after printing nor does it account for ink lost to evaporation, waste prints, etc. Some systems consume a significant volume of ink in these secondary operations but these issues remain outside the scope of this test.
Please Note: the image data is a large download