Up to 15 gallons of ink at a time can be manufactured. Four color sets of inks can be manufactured and tested on presses to evaluate performance on press and print quality. Equipment is available to measure the rheological and surface energy properties of printing inks. A stress rheometer and a high shear viscometer are available to measure and study ink rheology. A dynamic surface tensiometer and a dynamic contact angle goniometer are available to study the surface energies of inks and their wetting properties on selected substrates.
Larger presses are available for printing multicolor.
Printing on paper, paperboard, plastic films, metal foils, and laminates can be done on these presses. Hence, inks can be studied from formulation through manufacture and their measured physical and chemical properties related to their performance on press and the print quality with which they print.