ISO International Standard

ISO/TR 12705:2011 describes a laboratory method, using a printability tester, for the preparation of specimens in order to evaluate the tendency of a particular ink, substrate and printing procedure to produce chemical ghosting in sheet-fed offset lithography on coated papers or foils.

A test procedure to induce ghosting using these specimens is also included.

This method applies only to oxidative drying inks on coated papers or foils and it evaluates a particular ink and substrate combination.