Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20150312204707

Label legibility influenced by different number of white ink layers

Klementina Možina orcid.org/0000-0002-8277-4186 ; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Snežniška 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Igor Majnarić orcid.org/0000-0002-4447-8140 ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Graphic Arts, Getaldićeva 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Blaž Rat ; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Snežniška 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abstract

A different number of white ink layers printed with the inkjet technology can influence the legibility of prints. Therefore, we tested how to achieve best legibility of printed text and labelling information, considering the changes in colorimetric and typographic properties. The prints were made with an inkjet printer and three different numbers of white ink layers were used. Three different typefaces in four different sizes, appropriate for labelling, were tested. The colour differences were determined colorimetrically and the differences in the typographic tonal density of typefaces were measured with an image analysis. The legibility research was performed with the help of observers who read the printed text in the combination of white ink on black paper and black ink on white paper. The results led to the conclusion that with regard to the colorimetric and typographic quality and effectiveness, the legibility was the best at two layers of white ink.

Keywords

colorimetric properties; inkjet; labelling; legibility; packaging design; typography

Hrčak ID:

160137

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/160137

Publication date:

19.6.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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