Operating Manual

OPERATING MANUAL
14.4.3 Defining an assortment
You are now ready to define transparent white and then colorants, opaque
white (opacity module only) and black. The following section describes
the process for defining a new colorant. The difference with transparent
white is that only the 100% concentration grade exists.
In each case you must first define a transparent white before you can
define a new colorant.
The first transparent white which you measure is the «Standard transparent
white», which is used in calculating the colors of the assortment.
Other transparent whites are treated like the other colors.
1. Click on Transparent white in the Define Assortment: xxx window
if you want to define a transparent white, or on New colorant
if you want to define a new colorant. The Set up colorant
window appears.
If you have selected New color a selection window is displayed where
you can choose between opaque white, black and new color, before
the Set up colorant window appears. If you define opaque white and
black then you can subsequently also define samples which contain
opaque white and black.
(viscosity module only): If you select Flexo or gravure printing as the
printing process in the Set up assortment window, the Viscosity button
is also displayed ( see Section 14.4.7 «Entering a viscosity»).
(basic materials module only): The Basic materials button is displayed
in addition ( see Section 14.4.8 «Division of assortment inks into
basic materials»).
2. Enter a designation and, if you wish, an additional description.
If you do not enter a designation, a colorant designation derived from
the colorant defined afterwards will be given automatically and
displayed as the designation in the Define Assortment: xxx window.
3. Make the desired entries in the Price, Dye strength, Specific gravity,
Minimum and Maximum fields.
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14 • Processing and creating assortments