Achieve reliable and repeatable color across digitally printed ceramic tiles, glazes, surface structures, and production batches. Barbieri spectrophotometers provide accurate spectral measurement for profiling and color quality control on rigid, thick, and structured ceramic samples.

Digital Ceramics Printing

Reliable color measurement on glazed and structured ceramic surfaces

Digital ceramic printing combines inkjet decoration, glazing, firing, surface finishing, and material characteristics that all influence the final color result. Gloss, texture, relief, glaze composition, kiln conditions, and tile body can affect both visual appearance and measurement repeatability.

Reliable color measurement is therefore essential for creating accurate profiles, evaluating production samples, and maintaining consistency across batches and production runs.

Barbieri spectrophotometers are developed for professional digital printing applications and support automated chart measurement on rigid and thick samples. Variable measurement apertures and dedicated sample handling solutions help improve repeatability on structured ceramic surfaces.
Integration with leading RIP and Color Management solutions supports efficient profiling and color quality workflows.

What Makes Color Control in Digital Ceramic Printing Difficult

Glossy, structured surfaces

Glaze, gloss, relief, and surface texture influence both the visual appearance of ceramic tiles and the repeatability of spectral measurements. A suitable measurement aperture and stable sample positioning are important when evaluating non uniform or structured surfaces.

Batch to batch color consistency

Changes in tile body, glaze preparation, ink deposition, kiln conditions, firing curves, and surface finishing can cause color differences between production batches. Regular measurement helps identify deviations and maintain consistency within defined tolerances.

Rigid, thick, and heavy sample handling

Ceramic tiles are rigid, thick, and often heavy. Stable positioning is required to measure profiling charts and control fields safely and repeatably without damaging the sample or interfering with the measurement path.

Where Color Measurement Fits in Your Digital Ceramic Printing Workflow

Process and material characterization

Measure the color behavior of each printer, ink set, glaze, tile body, firing condition, and surface finish as the basis for accurate profiling.

Color chart measurement

Print, fire, and automatically measure profiling charts to create accurate ICC profiles for specific ceramic printing and production conditions. Automated measurement improves efficiency and repeatability when processing extensive ceramic test charts.

Batch quality control

Measure control charts or representative production samples at defined intervals to identify color deviations between batches and production runs.

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Color measurement documentation

Document measured results for production records, quality assurance, customer approval, and comparison with defined design references or color tolerances.

Recommended Add ons for Digital Ceramics Printing

Extend your measurement setup with sample holders engineered for the physical reality of ceramic tiles.

Set of 2 Sample Holders for thick and heavy media

Securely fixes rigid and heavy substrates up to 20 mm for safe automated measurement.

A pair of dedicated holders for measuring thick, rigid or heavy materials such as ceramic, glass, wood, plexiglas and rigid plastics. Holds substrates flat and stable during automated chart measurement, supporting media up to 20 mm thick on the Spectro LFP qb.

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