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Anyone else getting a lot of bad formulas out of IMS? We’ve been mixing a lot of ink lately, as we’re working with a new contract customer with different ink sets. I expect to have to make custom formulas sometimes to nail a color over a base… but we’ve been getting a lot of bad formulas lately.Last order of the day today, we’re all crushing. Moving fast it’s Friday, got a new ink to mix unexpectedly. Punch in 5763C, get my formula, mix it down to .01 on the scale and it’s totally freaking off…. Crap brown… not grass green as expected. Way too much blue in the formula. Just got a crap brown. It’s a stupid fast week so I subbed for something close. Shouldn’t have to do this though. We’re not printing discharge here. What’s going on with IMS??!! Before IMS we used the web version from rutland and it was pretty great 95% of the time. We always print the formulas and attach to our buckets. Some of the old web versions from a few years ago are totally different than what IMS is spitting out.This is all Rutland M3 for the record. Not sure if wilflex is having the same issues. I will say however, that the Rutland color lab has been very helpful for helping us make custom formulas…. But we shouldn’t have to do it every time. IMS should get us somewhat close out of the gate at least for a white shirt. Riiiight?
We use the Wilflex EQualizer system. We check the date on the formula before mixing and email Wilflex to get an updated formula from the lab if it's not new. We've been doing this for 6 years...still not all updated.Perhaps you could do the same but I don't know how the mixing works / software with Rutland.Also...I heard Wilflex EQualizers will be cancelled - that stinks, I don't want to move to a finished mixing system (Rio) or pigments. This one is easy, doesn't overburden you with storage and isn't as messing / easy to mess up as pigments....Anyone else know?
Quote from: Admiral on December 05, 2023, 12:36:38 PMWe use the Wilflex EQualizer system. We check the date on the formula before mixing and email Wilflex to get an updated formula from the lab if it's not new. We've been doing this for 6 years...still not all updated.Perhaps you could do the same but I don't know how the mixing works / software with Rutland.Also...I heard Wilflex EQualizers will be cancelled - that stinks, I don't want to move to a finished mixing system (Rio) or pigments. This one is easy, doesn't overburden you with storage and isn't as messing / easy to mess up as pigments....Anyone else know?Curious where you heard EQ being discontinued. I can tell you that is unfounded rumor. As Wilflex’s largest distributor, we sell a LOT of Equalizer. We communicate on a high level with them and not a hint of that happening has been dropped. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk