Specifications

10 • Using ink leftovers
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10.2.1 Measuring ink leftovers or loading them from ColorNet
1. Click on Measure in the Colorant Selection window. The Measure current ink leftover window
appears.
2. Defi ne the ink leftover by measuring with the spectrophotometer or by loading from ColorNet.
Proceed as for the defi nition of a target color (
see Section 5.2.3 “Defi ning a target color”).
If the measuring mode in the current assortment is set to On white and black InkFormulation
will ask for a measurement on white and black. If measurement on black is omitted, the program
assumes that it is dealing with a transparent color.
The Set up colorant window now appears.
3. Enter a designation and the available quantity. Enter the remaining data (price, dye strength,
specifi c gravity, viscosity, etc.) according to your requirements.
If the ink leftover was printed with a higher fi lm thickness than the inks of the assortment, the
dye strength of the ink leftover should be increased. The viscosity of the ink leftover (viscosity
module only) is made the same as the viscosity of the assortment, provided no data were
entered.
4. Click on OK. In the Colorant Selection window, the designation of the ink leftover is marked
with a $ - sign in the Selected colorants fi eld.
10.2.2 Loading ink leftovers from the database
1. Click on Database in the Colorant Selection window. The recipe list displayed in the Database:
Recipes window is auto matically ordered in accordance with the dE X-Rite color dis tance
to the current target color.
dE X-Rite is a quality criterion for using ink leftovers. Among other things, it takes into account
the fact that it is very diffi cult to achieve a pure ink with a dirty ink leftover.
The recipe list displays all recipes of the current assortment used for formulation.
If you want to enter other criteria, you must click on Search and make the relevant entries
in the Search criteria window.