Operating Manual

OPERATING MANUAL
dE GretagMacbeth (de GMB) is a quality criterion for using ink leftovers. Among other things, it
takes into account the fact that it is very difficult to achieve a pure ink with a dirty ink leftover.
1. Click in the Sorted according to field and then on the required option in the selection list.
If you click on the Search button, the Search criteria window appears. This enables you to reduce
the number of recipes displayed on the basis of various criteria.
13.3 Processing an existing recipe
You can correct an existing recipe (e.g. you can modify the designation or the additional
description).
1. Click on the recipe you want to process in the left area of the Database: Recipes window.
2. Click on Modify. The Recipe Entry window appears.
3. Click on the Designation or Additional description field in the Recipe entry window
and make the desired entries.
For changes in the Ink quantity and Ink film thickness values, it is best to load the recipe and
then modify it ( see Section 5.5 «Modifying a recipe»). This gives you the chance to observe
the effect of any changes (difference against the target color).
13.4 Batch processing
If an ink manufacturer has to replace a pigment he has been using hitherto with a new one, then
all existing recipes produced using the assortment in question and containing the color in question
will have to be recalculated using the substitute pigment.
Batch processing means that this process of replacement and recalculation, which would otherwise
have to be carried out manually, can be automated and therefore greatly accelerated.
In a case like this, the ink manufacturer will create colorant calibrations for the color using the
new pigment, enter these into the relevant assortment and then make the modified assortment
available to those of his customers working with Ink Formulation.
In an expanded search window, it is possible to filter out from all the saved recipes those containing
the pigment which needs replacing, and to display them in a list.
In a second stage, you can specify in detail the conditions under which the recalculation of these
recipes should take place. For example, the recipes can be recalculated and optimized while
leaving the other colors in the recipe untouched. This is especially useful if the color difference
between the old and new pigments is only slight.
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13 • Managing recipes