Operating Manual

4. In the Substrate type window select the substrate type of the target color (coated
or uncoated), when asked to do so.
b. Loading the target color from ColorNet
With ColorNet, you can use measurement values of stored recipes and also measurement
values from any ColorNet application (Color Quality, CMYK Conversion, Gretag
Macbeth SPM Spectrophotometer) as the target color for a new recipe.
1. In the main window, click on the Basic recipe symbol or, in the Formulate menu,
on Basic recipe. The Basic recipe window appears.
2. Click on ColorNet. The ColorNet window is displayed.
3. Double click on the desired directory in the left area of the ColorNet window.
If there are sub-directories, open these by double clicking. A list of the stored colors
is displayed in the middle of the window.
(Spectrophotometer GretagMacbeth SPM only): If you click on SPM, you will be asked
to set the SPM to absolute white (Abs) if this has not been done already. Click on OK
when you have carried out the setting. The measurement values and references will
be loaded from the SPM and will appear in the middle of the window.
4. Click on the color you want to use as the target color.
5. Click on Select.
6. In the Substrate type window select the substrate type of the target color (coated
or uncoated), when asked to do so.
c. Accepting current pattern
If a target color is already loaded in the main window, the Skip button also appears in the
Basic recipe window. If this is clicked, the current target color is used for the recipe
calculation (same as for Formulate > Recalculate menu command). In the Substrate
type window select the substrate type of the target color (coated or uncoated),
when asked to do so.
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