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te,, a global specialist in colour science and technology and its subsidiary Pantone, have announced InkFormulation Sofftware Version 6.3 providing professional colour formulation for printers, converters and nkmanufa turers X R t s InkFormulation Sofftwa e is a solution fofor ink colour recipe creation, storage, appr val and retrieval fofor offs flexogrraphic,, grravure and screen-priinting inks.


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a global specialist in colour science and technology,, and its subsidiary Pantone, ha e announced InkFormulation Softwar


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6.3 pr viding profefessional colour foformulation fofor printers, con er ers and iink manufacfacturers.. X--Riite’s InkFormulation Softwarre is a solution for ink colour recipe creation, storage, approval and retrieval for offset,ffset, flexog aphic g avure and screen-pr nting inks


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Whether creating new recipes quickly based on high-qualitymatch criteria, or repurposing pressroom leftover inks, X-Rite’s InkFormulation is the t usted technology for the packag ng wor d says Iain P k foliomanager,r, X-Rite Pantone “In this latest version, we ha


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ed technology fofor the packagiing worlld,” says Iain Piike,, producproduct portfoportfolio manager, X-Rite Pantone. “In this latest version, we have st eamlined the ability to exchange colour data bet een InkFormulation, antoneLIVE digital colour libraries, and quality control softf war olorCert InkRoomand Color iQC. This new capability addresses an mportant need of our customers – the ability to integrate colour specification and reporting into supply chain workflows to efficiently monitor print production andmake ink cor ections in real-time ith InkFormulation version 6.3, ink profe


strreamlined the ability to exchange colour data between InkFormulation, PantoneLIVE digital colour libraries, and quality control software,, such as ColorCert InkRoom and Color iQC. This new capability addresses an iimportant need of our customers – the ability to integrate colour specification and reporting into supply chain workflows to efficiently monitor print production and make ink corrections in real-time.” With InkFormulation version 6.3, ink proffessionals can quickly compare their fotheir formulations to a digital colour reference stored in the PantoneLIVE ecosystem, a cloud-based repository of colour libraries, or as ameasured This automaticallymakes both the foformula and refeference


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formulations to a digital colour refeference stored in the PantoneLIVE ecosystem, a cloud-based repository of colour libraries, or as a measured CxF standarCxF standard. This automatically makes both the formula and reference data available to quality control software for a pass/fail analysis. nk fo


flexographic and gravure printers When press-side colourmeasurements do not meet tolerances, and quality control software reports that tolerances cannot be met with the existing ink formulation, reformulation data is immediately sent to X-Rite InkFormulation Softwar canmake appropriate adjustments and dispense the new foformula, speeding up the cor ection process on press


data available to quality control softf ware fofor a pass/fafail analysis Ink fformulation issues on press can be resolved more quickly, ffor flexographic and gravure printers. When press-side colour measurements


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olerances cannot bemet with the existing ink foformulation, refoformulation data is immediately sent to X-Rite InkFormulation Sofftware. The ink room can make appropriate adjustments and dispense the new formula, speeding up the correction process on press.


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InkFormulation Sofftware 6.3 also ffeatures enhanced management iinformation system (MIS) integration. This simplifies data interchange whereby theMIS systemcan request fromInkFormulation Softf ware a new material number based on specifications defined in theMIS, or by efeferencing amulti-colour CxF file stored in PantoneLIVE or elsewher “MIS integration helps to close the loop in a production workflow fo everything fromestimating to in oicing


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o estimate ink consumption by job as well as to reuse existing ink foformulations without the need to send a request to the ink kitchen. InkFormulation Sofftware 6.3 allows ffor the fformulation of more than one recipe in the system. The new formulation tab enables formulation and cor ection of whole jobs coming fromquality control softwar new capability will use tags to associate ink recipes to individual jobs


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nfoformation system(MIS) integration. This simplifies data interchange whereby the MIS system can request from InkFormulation Software a new material number based on specifications defined in the MIS, or by referencing a multi-colour CxF file stored in PantoneLIVE or elsewhere. “MIS integration helps to close the loop in a production workflow ffor everything from estimating to invoicing,” Piike comments, “making it easier to estimate ink consumption by job as well as to reuse existing ink ormulations without the need to send a request to the ink kitchen. nkFormulation Software 6.3 allows fo


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one recipe in the system. The new foformulation tab enables foformulation and correction of whole jobs coming from quality control sofftware. This new capability will use tags to associate ink recipes to individual jobs.


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