1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 12281:2002 Printing and business paper Requirements for copy paper for dry toner imaging processes The European Standard EN 12281:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 85.080 BS EN 12281:2002 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Materi
2、als and Chemicals Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 4 December 2002 BSI 4 December 2002 ISBN 0 580 40893 0 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 12281:2002. It sup
3、ersedes DD ENV 12281:1997 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PAI/11, Test methods for paper, board and pulp, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretar
4、y. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue
5、 or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the t
6、ext; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This document comprises a front c
7、over, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 18, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENOR
8、M EN12281 October2002 ICS85.080 SupersedesENV12281:1996 Englishversion PrintingandbusinesspaperRequirementsforcopypaperfor drytonerimagingprocesses PapierPapierdimpressionetdebureauSpcifications pourpapierpourphotocopiepourprocdsdereproduction partonersec DruckundBropapierAnforderungenanKopierpapier
9、fr VervielfltigungenmitTrockentoner ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon17August2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesc
10、oncernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentreh
11、asthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMIT
12、EUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN12281:2002EEN12281:2002(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereference
13、s 4 3 Termsanddefinitions. .5 4 Sampling.6 5 Conditioning.6 6 Requirements .6 7 Migratorysubstancesandcontamination .7 8 Packaging .7 8.1 General7 8.2 Absenceofcontamination 7 9 Testreport . .8 AnnexA (normative) Runnability. 9 A.1 Basisoftheprocedure 9 A.2 Preparationofcopiermachine . 9 A.3 Testmas
14、ter. 9 A.4 Runnabilitytestconditions. 9 A.4.1 Conditionsoftest 9 A.5 Jamming .10 A.6 Testreport . .12 AnnexB (normative) CENTestMaster .13 AnnexC (normative) Determinationofcuttingquality14 C.1 General14 C.2 Definition.14 C.3 Principle14 C.4 Tools14 C.4.1 Apparatus .14 C.4.2 CuttingQualityTemplate 1
15、4 C.5 Preparationoftestpieces .15 C.6 Procedure .15 C.7 Calculation15 C.8 Requirements .16 C.9 Testreport . .16 Bibliography 18EN12281:2002(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN12281:2002)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC172“Pulp,paperand board“,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyDIN. ThisEuropeanStandard
16、shallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyApril2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby April2003. ThisdocumentsupersedesENV 12281:1996. WithregardtoENV12281:1996thefollowingchangeshavebeenmade: a) deletionofcl
17、ause4“Principle“; b) table1“Requirementsforcopypaper“includesnowmoreprecisedata; c) procedureforthe“determinationofcuttingquality“wasexchangedandreplacedbypracticalprocedure; d) transformationfromaEuropeanPrestandard(ENV)inaEuropeanStandard(EN)isintended; e) editorialupdating. AnnexesA,BandCarenorma
18、tive. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain, Sweden,Sw
19、itzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN12281:2002(E) 4 Introduction Paperforuseindrytonerimagingprocesses,thecommoncopypaper,representsoneofthemajorgradesofthe worldspapermarket.Mostcopiermachines,laserprintersandsimilarmachinesworkwithdrytonerimaging.For simplificationonlytheterms“copypaper“and“copiermachi
20、ne“areused. Itisnotpossibletodefineperformanceofacopypaperbyphysicalpropertiesalone.Therefore,CEN/TC172hasput asideseveraltechnicalpapercharacteristicsandfocusedondefiningandspecifyingtheequivalentsof“printability“ and“runnability“,aswellasthosepaperpropertiesthatappealdirectlytotheenduser. Sinceast
21、andardcopiermachinedoesnotexistandcustomerdemandsonsomeaccommodatingandaesthetic aspectswillvary,severalcharacteristicswerenotgivenarequiredvalue.Insuchcases,though,testmethodsare providedthatwillfacilitatethemakingofadequateagreementsbetweensupplierandcustomer. 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiest
22、heperformancerequirementsforuncoatedcutsizepaperfordrytonerimaging processes(i.e.copypaper),in80g/mandinA4formatbasedonENISO216.Othergrammagesandsizesofthe ISOAseriesarecoveredbythisEuropeanStandard,aslongastherequirementsspecifiedinthisEuropean Standardarefulfilled. 2 Normativereferences ThisEurope
23、anStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetext,andthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincor
24、poratedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN12283:2002, PrintingandbusinesspaperDeterminationoftoneradhesion. ENISO186, PaperandboardSamplingtodetermineaveragequality(ISO186:2002). ENISO216,Writingpaperandcertainclas
25、sesofprintedmatter Trimmedsizes AandBseries (ISO216:1975). ENISO536, PaperandboardDeterminationofgrammage(ISO536:1995). EN20187,Paper,boardandpulps Standardatmosphereforconditioningandtestingandprocedurefor monitoringtheatmosphereandconditioningofsamples(ISO187:1990). EN20287, PaperandboardDetermina
26、tionofmoisturecontentOvendryingmethod(ISO287:1985). EN20534. PaperandboardDeterminationofthicknessandapparentbulkdensityorapparentsheetdensity (ISO534:1988). ISO2471, PaperandboardDeterminationofopacity(paperbacking)Diffusereflectancemethod. ISO11475, PaperandboardDeterminationofCIEwhiteness,D65/10d
27、egrees(outdoordaylight). ISO14968:1999, PaperandboardCutsizeofficepaperMeasurementofcurlinapackofsheets. ISO15359:1999, PaperandboardDeterminationofthestaticandkineticcoefficientsoffrictionHorizontalplane method.EN12281:2002(E) 5 IEC60093, Methodsoftestforvolumeresistivityandsurfaceresistivityofsoli
28、delectricalinsulatingmaterials DIN53109, TestingofpaperandboardDeterminationofabrasionbytheabrasionwheelmethod. NFQ03055, Paperandboardtests_Determinationofabrasionresistanceofpaperandboard(bythetaber method). 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitions
29、apply. 3.1 cutsizepapersheet sheets,cutaccordingtotheISOAseriesstandard 3.2 drytonerimagingprocess imagingmethodusingdrytoner,thatisgenerallyfixedonpaperbyheatand/orpressure EN12283:2002 3.3 drytoner inkpowderusedforimaginginprintersandcopiermachines EN12283:2002 3.4 paperjam paperinducedfailureinth
30、ecopyprocesspath,causingacopiermachineshutdownrequiringcorrectiveactionby theoperator.Includedarefailuresinsorterbinsand/orcollectiontrays,whenoperatingbelow80%ofeachsingle binsmaximumcapacity,asstatedbythecopiermachinemanufacturer.Excludedarecontrolpanelactions 3.5 curl 3.5.1 curl deviationfromafla
31、tsurfacewhichhasthreemajorcomponents:magnitude,directionofcurlaxisandtheside towardswhichthepapercurls ISO14968:1999 3.5.2 curlinpapermachinedirection(MD) curlaxiswhichisparalleltothepapersmachinedirection ISO14968:1999 3.5.3 curlinpapercrossdirection(CD) curlaxiswhichisperpendiculartothepapersmachi
32、nedirection ISO14968:1999 3.5.4 diagonalcurl curlaxiswhichisneitherparallelnorperpendiculartothepapersmachinedirection ISO14968:1999 3.5.5 curlbeforecopy curlmeasureddirectlyafteropeningthepackageEN12281:2002(E) 6 3.5.6 curlaftercopy curlmeasuredimmediatelyaftercopying 4Sampling Samplesshallbetakeni
33、naccordancewithENISO186,unlessotherwiseagreedupon. 5Conditioning Thesamplefromwhichthespecimensaretakenshallbeconditionedunderstandardatmosphere23/50%r.h.in accordancewithEN20187,unlessspecificallystatedotherwise. Forthetestingofjamming,curlbeforecopy,moisturecontentandcuttingquality,thesampleshavet
34、obetaken directlyoutofthepackage. 6Requirements TheperformancerequirementsforcopypaperarelistedinTable1. Table1Requirementsforcopypaper Property Unit Requirements TestMethods Remarks curlbeforecopy m 1 MD: 2,00 CD: 1,25 ISO14968 runnability jamrate annexA,TableA.3 cuttingquality 95%0,8 EN12283 opaci
35、ty % 85 ISO2471 forduplexuse grammage g/m nominal4% ENISO536 size mm A4,A3 ENISO216 EN12281:2002(E) 7 7 Migratorysubstancesandcontamination Papermanufacturersshallcontrolthepapersrawmaterialsandproductionprocessesinordertokeepthe presenceofanymigratorymaterialthatcouldcontaminatetheimagingsystemstot
36、helowestpracticallevel. Dispersedmigratorychemicalsandspotcontaminantshavetobeconsideredasmigratorymaterials;ineithercase alleffortsshallbemadetoavoidtheirpresenceatornearthesheetsurface. Examplesofmigratorysubstancesaretalc,wax,stickyresin,dustandglue. NOTE Toomuchdustcouldcauseproblemsduringthecop
37、yingprocess.AtthetimeofpreparationofthisEuropean Standardthereisnointernationallyacceptedtestmethodtomeasuredustfromcopypaper 8Packaging 8.1General Toprotectthesheetsfromharmfuleffectsofmechanicalforces,atmosphericconditionsandcontaminationduring inhousestorageanduse,thepapershallbepackedasspecified
38、below.Theinnerpacking,typicallyaream,ora box,shallbetightlyclosed.Theinnerpackagingmaterialmusthaveamoisturebarrier. Fortransportpurposesasecond(allweather)protectivepackingisnecessary. Thepackingmaterialisalsorecommendedtohaveamoisturebarrier. 8.2 Absenceofcontamination Packagingmaterials(frommoist
39、ureprotectivecoatingsandlowmeltingadhesives)shouldnotcontaminatethe paper.Themaximumnumberofpackages,havingmajorcontaminationdefectsshouldnotbegreaterthan2 .A majordefectisdefinedashavingatleastonedimension 1mm. NOTE Sincequalityinspectionwouldbedestructivetothepackages,thisqualitystandardcouldbemet
40、,byprovidinga certificatefromtheconvertingmanufacturer,statingthataprocedureforpreventionofharmfulcontamination,inlinewith definedlimits,hasbeenused.EN12281:2002(E) 8 9 Testreport ThetestinglaboratoryshallrefertothisEuropeanStandardandincludeinitsreportthefollowing: a) preciseidentificationofthepape
41、rlottested; b) dateandplaceoftesting(thismightbeaperiodoftimeandmorethanonelaboratory); c) type(s)ofcopiermachine(s)orprinter(s)used; d) thicknessasspecifiedinEN20534; e) whitenessasspecifiedinISO11475; f) thetestresultsobtainedwhentestedasspecifiedinclause6; g) testresultsoftestsagreeduponbetweencu
42、stomerandsupplierifany; h) anyotherobservationsmadethatmaybeofimportancefortheperformanceofthepaperinadrytoner imagingmachine; i) astatementthatpapermeetsorfailstomeettherequirementsofclause6ofthisEuropeanStandard.Inthe latercase,thespecificreasonshallbestated.EN12281:2002(E) 9 AnnexA (normative) Ru
43、nnability A.1 Basisoftheprocedure Therunnabilitytestcomprisesacopy/printsequenceunderdefinedconditionsthatareascloseaspossibletothe practice.Thenatureandthenumberofperformanceproblemsfound,enableajudgemetforrunnability.The requirementsdifferwiththepapervolumedemandofcopiermachinesandprinters.Accordingly,threevolume demandcategorieshavebeendefinedusingthecriterion“imagespeed“. TableA.1Classificationofcopiermachines imagingmachine category lowvolume midvolume highvolume imagespeedinimages/min 30 30to49 50 A.2 Preparationofcopiermachine
