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screen printing => Ink and Chemicals => Topic started by: cbjamel on June 09, 2012, 04:20:02 PM

Title: SPTF ink Calculator
Post by: cbjamel 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?

Thanks,
Shane
cbjamel at msn.com
Title: Re: SPTF ink Calculator
Post by: inkman996 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.
Title: Re: SPTF ink Calculator
Post by: Shawn (EIP) on June 09, 2012, 05:09:16 PM
search my posts I posted one up a few months ago from Davis International
Title: Re: SPTF ink Calculator
Post by: Frog 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
Title: Re: SPTF ink Calculator
Post by: Binkspot 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.
Title: Re: SPTF ink Calculator
Post by: cbjamel 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.

Thanks,
Shane
Title: Re: SPTF ink Calculator
Post by: Printficient 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
The Wilflex IMS will do that.  Maybe Erin will chime in.
Title: Re: SPTF ink Calculator
Post by: Frog on June 10, 2012, 10:31:53 AM
She may chime in, but she is no longer with Wilflex
Title: Re: SPTF ink Calculator
Post by: blue moon 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).

pierre
Title: Re: SPTF ink Calculator
Post by: alan802 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.
Title: Re: SPTF ink Calculator
Post by: Frog 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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