Various Attributes Affecting the Print Quality of Production Based Inkjet Printing Systems: A Review

Abstract

Inkjet printing has been one of the popular forms of digital printing which supports variable data printing, faster turnaround and on-demand requirements. Machine speed of inkjet printing is increasing day by day to support especially medium run requirements and it is said to be the future of digital printing. In the inkjet printing as ink is supplied in the droplet form, a lot of quality challenges are being faced by the printers. This paper summarizes various factors which affect the print quality of production-based inkjet printing systems. Further, a model is prepared to illustrate the various quality attributes which can be used as evaluation tools to check print quality of inkjet printing systems. With the help of literature, the role of various print quality attributes such as absorption, dot gain, image resolution, dot shape, line width, print density, ink kaogation, print head blockage, intermittent, print sharpness, colour gamut, ink viscosity and blurriness have been reviewed.