Enter each ink and its coverage, or upload the PDF, and get the right anilox volume (BCM) and line screen (LPI) for every separation, adjusted for substrate and ink.
The Anilox Selector answers the press-room question of which anilox each colour should run on. Upload the artwork PDF and it pulls out every ink with its coverage and makes a first guess at the type of work, a solid flood, a spot colour, process or fine detail. Or type the inks in yourself. Tell it the substrate, from PE and OPP film to coated, uncoated and kraft board, and the ink system, water-based, UV or solvent. It then recommends a BCM volume range and an LPI range for each separation, with a reference chart of common set-ups beside it. It runs in the browser with nothing to install.
The PDF fills in every ink and its coverage automatically.
Film, paper or board, and water-based, UV or solvent.
BCM volume and LPI range for every separation.
BCM is billion cubic microns per square inch, the volume of ink the anilox cells hold. Higher BCM carries more ink, for solids; lower BCM carries less, for fine halftones.
Absorbent stock like kraft or uncoated paper soaks up ink, so it needs more volume than film to reach the same density.
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