09/30/2015
PIA's Laboratory Services
Controlling the Quality of Your Ink and Paper
The consistency of your incoming materials is key to maintaining consistent print quality. That being said, one of the best approaches is to let us periodically test your ink and paper using the Center for Technology and Research’s Lab Services.
We can help you compare products (in case you are considering a switch) or possibly help you discover the root cause of a print problem. Talk to one of our experts and get more information about Laboratory Services for Material and Product Testing by emailing us at labservices@printing.org today.
Laboratory Services – Materials and Product Testing
Printing Industries of America lab services staff have over four decades of industry experience evaluating materials used in the graphic arts industry. In addition, they also have access to a plethora of other industry professionals including, but not limited to, the areas of prepress, digital, pressroom, process controls, color management, JDF, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, and many others!
Printing Industries of America lab services evaluates paper and ink characteristics using established standards, such as Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry (TAPPI), the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the National Printing Ink Research Institute (NPIRI).
We evaluate materials proactively by providing quality control evaluations for printers, suppliers, and vendors around the industry. Many customers submit materials on a regular basis as a quality control measure to ensure the products they are providing are consistent and reliable. In addition, Printing Industries of America’s lab services provide analytical evaluations of jobs that did not go as planned. Often when conflicts arise concerning “jobs gone bad” customers will send the materials to Printing Industries of America for an unbiased, third-party evaluation to determine what went wrong and how to prevent it from occurring in the future!
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