
Contents
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Contents
1 General
1.1 Introduction 9
1.2 Registration 9
1.3 Contact address of X-Rite 9
1.4 Safety directives 10
1.5 Notes on using this handbook 10
2 ColorNet
2.1 General 13
3 Structure and function
3.1 General 17
3.2 Desktop 18
3.2.1 Main window 18
3.2.2 Menu bar 21
3.3 Basic sequence of an InkFormulation 22
3.3.1 Selecting the assortment 22
3.3.2 Checking settings and determining
pre-settings 22
3.3.3 Defi ning and formulating a target color 23
3.3.4 Recalculating a recipe 23
3.3.5 Correction recipe 23
3.3.6 Saving a recipe 23
3.4 Managing data 23
3.5 Settings 25
3.6 General operating information 26
3.6.1 Symbols 26
3.6.2 Pushbuttons for standard functions 27
3.6.3 Drag & Drop 28
3.6.4 Email 28
3.7 Program versions and auxiliary modules 28
3.7.1 InkFormulation 6 Manufacturer 28
3.7.2 InkFormulation 6 PrinterPro 29
3.7.3 InkFormulation 6 PrinterBasic 29
3.7.4 InkFormulation 6 Online 29
3.7.5 Defi nition of assortments module 29
3.7.6 Opaque inks module (scattering pigments) 30
3.7.7 Viscosity calculation module 30
3.7.8 Weighing and batching systems module 30
3.7.9 Basic materials calculation module 30
3.7.10 E-recipe module 30
4 Starting InkFormulation
4.1 Starting InkFormulation 33
4.2 Performing a white calibration of the
spectrophotometer 33
5 Formulating a target color
5.1 General 37
5.2 Formulating a target color 37
5.2.1 Selecting an assortment 37
5.2.2 Checking settings and determining
pre-settings 37
5.2.3 Defi ning a target color 38
5.2.4 Defi ning a substrate 43
5.2.5 Application 44
5.2.6 Selecting colorants from the assortment 44
5.2.7 Entering a concentration range 45
5.2.8 Formulation mode 46
5.2.9 Selecting a recipe 46
5.2.10 Displaying spectra 48
5.3 Calculating the ink quantity 49
5.4 Changing the fi lm thickness or viscosity of a recipe 49
5.5 Modifying a recipe 50
5.6 Entering a recipe 52
5.7 Copying a recipe onto the clipboard 53
5.8
Initiating data transfer to the batching or
weighing system 54
5.9 Measure current ink mixture 54
5.10 Recalculating a recipe 55
5.11 Saving a recipe 55
6 Calculating a correction recipe
6.1 General 59
6.2 Correction recipe 59
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