Operating Manual

19
Processing and creating
film thickness objects
19.1 General
In the film thickness objects database you can enter the film thicknesses/
weights per area/ink quantities of screens (screen printing) and rollers
(flexo/gravure printing). If when you were defining an assortment
( see Section 14.4.2 «Preparing an assortment») you entered the
calibration screen or calibration roller, a different screen or roller can be
used for the formulation ( see Section 22.2 «Formulation settings»).
Ink Formulation adapts the recipe to the screen or roller being used in each
case. Make sure you use the same unit of measurement when entering
the film thickness information for the different screens or rollers.
You can generally obtain film thickness data from the manufacturer of
the screens or rollers.
The selection fields for the film thickness objects in the Set up assortment
( see Section 14.4.2 «Preparing an assortment») and Formulation
settings ( see Section 22.2 «Formulation settings») windows are only
displayed if corresponding film thickness objects are defined in the film
thickness objects database.
19.2 Opening the film thickness objects database
1. Click on the Database menu on Film thickness objects.
The Database: film thickness objects window appears.
The title line shows the name of the current database. If you want to
change the database, please note Section 20.3 «Selecting a database».
In the left-hand part of the window you will find an alphabetical list of all
saved film thickness objects. You can also sort this by date saved, if you
click on the Sort by field and select the Date/time option.
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