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Offline cbjamel

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SPTF ink Calculator
« on: June 09, 2012, 04:20:02 PM »
I would like a copy of SPTF ink calculator to figure ink usage for a job, does anybody have a copy they can send me or is there some thing better?

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Shane
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Re: SPTF ink Calculator
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2012, 04:39:35 PM »
I think you have to join SGIA and as a member you can get the software I do not think it is free to be shared.
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Re: SPTF ink Calculator
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2012, 05:09:16 PM »
search my posts I posted one up a few months ago from Davis International

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Re: SPTF ink Calculator
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2012, 05:32:12 PM »
search my posts I posted one up a few months ago from Davis International

Yeah, but back then especially, God only knows  which section you would have posted it in! ;D
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Re: SPTF ink Calculator
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2012, 09:26:58 PM »
There is an app, Ink Calc for the iphone and ipad that works pretty good. I have been using it for larger jobs and it has been really close.

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Re: SPTF ink Calculator
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2012, 10:50:06 PM »
search my posts I posted one up a few months ago from Davis International

What I was looking for was a way to figure ink usage, ie.. say 12x14 area on 305/34  with 80% area used, in this case 4cp.  Looking at 4cp on 25,000 pcs plus a black on other probably same size area. Looks more like ink cost than usage.

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Shane

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Re: SPTF ink Calculator
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2012, 09:48:51 AM »
search my posts I posted one up a few months ago from Davis International

What I was looking for was a way to figure ink usage, ie.. say 12x14 area on 305/34  with 80% area used, in this case 4cp.  Looking at 4cp on 25,000 pcs plus a black on other probably same size area. Looks more like ink cost than usage.

Thanks,
Shane
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Re: SPTF ink Calculator
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2012, 10:31:53 AM »
She may chime in, but she is no longer with Wilflex
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Re: SPTF ink Calculator
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2012, 12:19:25 PM »
search my posts I posted one up a few months ago from Davis International

What I was looking for was a way to figure ink usage, ie.. say 12x14 area on 305/34  with 80% area used, in this case 4cp.  Looking at 4cp on 25,000 pcs plus a black on other probably same size area. Looks more like ink cost than usage.

Thanks,
Shane

my guess about 2 maybe 3 grams per print per color. . . it really all depends on your setup, but we are generally using about a gram per print on underbase or about two on whites. If there is no underbase, it can go up significantly depending on the mesh count and open area, but in general it is less than 3g per image (per color).

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Re: SPTF ink Calculator
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2012, 02:33:39 PM »
She may chime in, but she is no longer with Wilflex

Is she still in the industry?  Not meaning to pry but she was very helpful and valuable to our little world and I'd hate to have lost her to some other industry.
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Re: SPTF ink Calculator
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2012, 02:38:39 PM »
She may chime in, but she is no longer with Wilflex


Is she still in the industry?  Not meaning to pry but she was very helpful and valuable to our little world and I'd hate to have lost her to some other industry.


It's no secret, but yes, she is still sort of "in the industry", but from a very different angle.

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