NeuraLabel's Testing Specs

Cure Time - Amount of time before product is readily handled without risk of marring the image

Driver Settings:  - Various configurations of the NeuraLabel driver to achieve the best results for a particular media

• Media  
• Quality  
• Ink Saver

Resistance Testing - A set of tests to verify the durability of the media product

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Cure Time

Cure time results were recorded in our climate controlled printing lab.  Your results may vary depending on temperature and humidity.

Media Cure Time	Description	Suitable for Roll-to-Roll
Instant	Dries to touch in 1 to 5 seconds	Yes
Quick	Dries to touch within 10 minutes	Very Likely
Intermediate	Dries to touch in 2-3 hours	Likely
Overnight	Dries to touch within 24 hours	Unlikely

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Driver Settings

These settings are our recommendations, however you may observe better results with other settings. 

Media Driver Setting

Media	Description	Best uses
Glossy Labels	Uses no black ink; uses mix of CYM to create black	Glossy Labels, especially paper labels
Synthetic Labels	Uses a small amount of black ink, mixed with CYM to create black	Glossy Labels when a "darker" black is desired and other types of Synthetic Labels.
Matte Labels	Uses lots of black ink, mixed with CYM to create black	Matte Labels
Plain Paper	Uses lots of black ink, mixed with CYM to create black	Plain Paper

CYM - Cyan Yellow Magenta

Quality Driver Setting

Quality	Description	Approximate Speed (varies)	Best uses
Normal/Draft (excellent quality)	Driver creates a 300x300 dpi RGB image.  Printer then halftones this to a 600x600 ppi CMYK image and creates a final 1200x1200 optimized dpi from 600x600 input.	14 inches per second	Use for most label printing.
Best (superior quality)	Driver creates a 600x600 dpi RGB image.  Printer then halftones this to a 1200x1200 ppi CMYK image and creates a  1200x1200 (or higher) optimized dpi from 600x600 input.	4 inches per second	Use when highest quality is needed

dpi - dots per inch         ppi - pixels per inch

Ink Saver Driver Setting

Ink Saver Mode	Description	Best uses
Off	No change	Most labels
Low	Uses 12.5% less ink than Off mode	Labels that have low ink absorption
High	Uses 25% less ink than Off mode	Labels that have very low ink absorption

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Resistance Testing

Tests performed on media after 24 hours.

Test	Description of Test	Performance Requirement
Rub	Single finger back-and-forth rubbing	No or minimal change in label*
Scratch	Sharp edge scissors back-and-forth scraping	No or minimal change in label*
Water	About 40 ml water poured on media	No or minimal change in label.  No running, streaking or excessive warping.
Alcohol (Hand sanitizer)	About 20 ml hand sanitizer poured on media	No or minimal change in label.  No running, streaking or excessive warping.

*No or minimal change in a label means the ink has not been removed from the label and text, barcodes and graphics are legible.  Some slight surface marring is acceptable.