Digital Print CIC offers specialised equipment for the exploration of print projects including situations encountered in conventional printing processes that may be caused by ink, substrate, printing plate, fount solution or printing conditions. This is invaluable in the process of litigation after a print error, saving you time and money.

Equally important, the research we conduct on your behalf will help you develop new techniques to avoid print issues in the future.

By adding to the knowledge bank of your business, you can help to ensure consistent delivery of successful products to drive up your profitability and cement customer loyalty. And with a view to brand properties, the Centres packaging materials tester experts can recommend the ideal packaging materials solution, checking factors such as compression strength, texture and feel to suit both the physical attributes and the brand personality of the product.

Analysis for your print projects

• Scanning electron microscope for the investigation of the surface morphology of pigments, inks, substrates and printer components.
• Rheometers to examine the characteristic flow properties of printing inks.
• Colour spectrometers for the analysis of the colour characteristics of pigments, dyes and printed images, whilst the image analyser offers analysis of image qualities, such as the linearity of printed lines, roundness of printed dot and satellites.
• Print proofers are available for the evaluation of printing ink properties in terms of printability, ink mileage and so forth.

More specialist equipment is also available which will help your business in troubleshooting and for R&D purposes, including a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, spectroscopes, chromatographs and particle size analysers.

• Analysers (ICP) for elemental analysis down to parts per billion and below.
• Gas chrometography mass spectometry for analysis of volatile organics, odour etc