Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring properties of a printed surface. The device comprises a base provided with a viewer, a housing which is mounted on the base for pivoting on a pivot shaft and which is movable between an upward pivoted positioning situation and a downward pivoted measuring position. The device also comprises at least one sensor unit which is mounted in a position in the housing such that it is directed at the viewer in the measuring position. The device also comprises a processing device incorporated in the housing which receives signals from the sensor unit and processes these to measurement data, and an information display arranged on the housing for displaying a number of measurement data characters, wherein the pivot shaft extends substantially parallel to a transverse direction of the characters and to the side of the housing lying above the characters and the viewer is arranged on the side of the base lying beneath the characters.