ISO/IEC 22592-3:2025

Office equipment — Print quality measurement methods for colour prints — Part 3: Physical durability measurement methods

This document specifies test methods as well as test charts for measuring the physical durability attributes of duplex colour prints, typically used in office environment. This document is applicable to duplex prints comprising several sheets with colour images printed on both sides of a substrate. A multifunction or single function printer is used to form the duplex prints. This document is intended to be used to evaluate the durability of colour prints under environment and stress conditions assuming general office use, including transportation from the place of printing to where practically used. Permanence and durability in archival and storage environments are out of scope of this document and can be evaluated by the methods in ISO 11798. The physical durability attributes included are thermal and humidity blocking, water resistance, abrasion resistance and scratch resistance. All of these attributes are also applicable to a simplex print set comprising several sheets with colour images printed on one side of a substrate and no image on the other side.

Équipements de bureau — Méthodes de mesure de la qualité d'impression en couleurs — Partie 3: Méthodes de mesure de la durabilité physique

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 27-Jan-2025
• ICS: 37.100.10 - Reproduction equipment
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 28 - Office equipment
• Drafting Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 28 - Office equipment
• Current Stage: 6060 - International Standard published
• Start Date: 28-Jan-2025
• Due Date: 28-Jan-2025
• Completion Date: 28-Jan-2025

Standards Content (Sample)

International
Standard
ISO/IEC 22592-3
First edition
Office equipment — Print quality
2025-01
measurement methods for colour
prints —
Part 3:
Physical durability
measurement methods
Équipements de bureau — Méthodes de mesure de la qualité
d'impression en couleurs —
Partie 3: Méthodes de mesure de la durabilité physique
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope .1
2 Normative references .1
3 Terms and definitions .1
4 Print preparation procedures . 2
4.1 Printing environment .2
4.2 Printing materials .3
4.3 Printer settings .3
4.4 Printing operations .3
4.5 Conditioning the prints after printing.3
5 General requirements for measurements .4
5.1 Measurement environmental conditions .4
5.2 Colour measurement .4
5.3 Scanner conformance for line quality measurement .4
5.3.1 General .4
5.3.2 Equipment and setting .4
5.4 Reporting .5
6 Thermal and humidity blocking . 5
6.1 General .5
6.2 Test conditions .5
6.3 Sample settings .6
6.4 Test methods .6
6.4.1 General .6
6.4.2 Equipment and calibration .7
6.4.3 Test environment control .7
6.4.4 Long term storage (hot and dry) test .7
6.4.5 Long term storage (warm and humid) test .7
6.4.6 Short term transport test .8
6.5 Evaluation .8
6.6 Reporting .8
7 Water resistance .8
7.1 General .8
7.2 Test chart for water resistance .9
7.3 Water resistance test method .9
7.4 Evaluation .10
7.5 Reporting .10
8 Abrasion resistance . 10
8.1 Test chart for abrasion resistance .10
8.2 Test equipment and settings .10
8.3 Test sample and arrangement . .11
8.4 Reporting .11
9 Scratch resistance .11
9.1 Test chart for scratch resistance and test samples .11
9.2 Test equipment and settings .11
9.3 Evaluations . 12
9.4 Reporting . 12
10 Total reporting .12
10.1 General requirements for reporting . 12
10.2 Reporting items . 12

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Annex A (informative) Thermal, light and ozone stability .13
Bibliography .14

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