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CHECK YOUR COVERAGE
To calibrate your system download this image and and analyze its content. Here is what we found with different products. The table shows the percentage of ink coverage for each separation. This is one of the tests we will do in the IPA Ink Optimization RoundUP.
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| PrintCALC.net | 63.34% | 39.45% | 40.11% | 25.45% | ||
| CGS-ORIS Ink Saver | 63.07% | 39.20% | 39.91% | 25.30% | ||
| Alwan PhotoShop Plug-in | 63% | 39% | 40% | 25% | ||
| Matlab | 63.12% | 39.22% | 39.94% | 25.35% | ||
| Excourse PressPerCent | 63.131% | 39.237% | 39.902% | 25.318% | ||
| GMG ColorProof o5 | 63.1% | 39.2% | 40.0% | 25.5% |
TOOLS FOR CHECKING INK COVERAGE
There are a number of tools available for checking ink coverage of a file. Some proofing and RIP softwares have feature that will allow you to see the ink coverage for each channel as well as a total. There are several stand alone tools that will give this information and more; a few of these tools are listed below. A FREE utility which compares the ink coverage between two CMYK images (TIFF or JPEG). PressPerCent is an ink key pre-setting solution for offset presses. It has the ability to calculate ink coverage percentages and press ink key zone values. Download v2.8. PrintCALC.net is a FREE service that allows PDFs to be uploaded and their CMYK ink coverage calculated.