Ink Presetting
Sustainability and waste reduction go hand-in-hand, and getting to the correct colors quickly can minimize package-printing waste during makeready.
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The basic premise of presetting is that there is a predictable relationship between the percentage of dot coverage on the plate and the ink key setting required to supply the correct volume of ink. The first step is to determine the coverage on the plate. Today, most printers compose digital image files for use by image setters or CTP systems. Presetting systems can use software running on standard PCs to analyze the image file for the film or plate and determine the percent coverage in each key zone. Some systems require CIP3/4 files as input, while others can accept a variety of image file formats. In most cases a low density file is desired to keep the total processing time reasonable.
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