Operating Manual

7
Formulating with pallet formulation
7.1 General
The command Pallet formulation in the Formulate menu offers the possibility
to obtain better basic recipes if a recipe «matching» the target color
can be found in the database (so-called pallet recipe). Recipes are only
suggested which are marked as pallet recipe and for which the following
differences are not too great:
• dE (standard illuminant) and dE (first metamerism illuminant)
between target color and recipe color
• dE (standard illuminant) and physical difference (roughness)
between current substrate and recipe substrate (dependent
on covering power of recipe ink)
• Film thickness of recipe and film thickness in the settings
• Target viscosity and viscosity of recipe
• Difference in opacity settings
7.2 Pallet formulation
The Pallet formulation function has a similar sequence to the normal
basic recipe calculation. Following the definition of target color and
substrate, the user is requested to select one of the suggested pallet recipes
arranged according to dE GretagMacbeth . The recipe Info ( see
Section 13.1 «Opening database recipes») provides information about the
ink components contained in the recipe (use up and down arrows!).
Following selection of the pallet recipe, the components contained are
preselected in the Colorant selection window. Further components can
be added. Basic recipes, derived from the components of the pallet
recipe, are then calculated. The effective ink mixture must be provided
for a recipe to obtain the «Pallet recipe» character ( see Section 5.9
«Measure current ink mixture»).
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