Designation:F2294−03(Reapproved2009)StandardPracticeforDeterminingtheWriteabilityofPrintMedia1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2294;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticecoversamethodfordeterminingthewriteabilityofprintmedia.1.2Writeabilityisdeterminedbywritingonthefacesideandbacksideofprintmediawithavarietyofwritingimple-mentsandvisuallyassessingthewritingqualityandthepropensityofthewritingmaterialtosmear.1.3Thispracticecanbeusedtoevaluatethewriteabilityofavarietyofprintmediaincludinginkjetmedia,electrophoto-graphicmedia,silverhalidemediaandprintingpaper.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.Terminology2.1Definitions:2.1.1smearing—thespreadingofthewritingimplement’swritingmaterial.2.1.2writeability—theabilityofwritingimplementstowritelegiblyonprintmediawithoutsmearing.3.SignificanceandUse3.1Inpracticalapplications,customersoftenwriteinforma-tiononthefacesideandbacksideofprintmediausingvariouswritingimplements.Itisdesirablethatthatthewritingimple-mentswritelegiblyanddonotskiporsmear.Thistestisperformedusingwritingimplementscommonlyusedinthehomeandofficetoensurethatgoodwritingqualityisobtained.3.2Thispracticemaybeusedtodeterminethewriteabilityofavarietyofprintmediaincludinginkjetmedia,electropho-tographicmedia,silverhalidemediaandprintingpaper.3.3Sevendifferentwritingimplementsareusedtodeter-minewriteability;threetypesofbalpointpens,No.2pencil,washablemarker,marker(regulartip),crayons.Additionalwritingimplementsmaybeusedasappropriate.NOTE1—Pensshouldhaveregularpointtips.Ballpointpensfromseveralmanufacturerssh...
