Drop your artwork PDF — dimensions and ink coverage are read automatically. Enter job details to calculate ink needed per colour.
Artwork PDF
Drop your artwork PDF here
Normalised PDF — reads dimensions and ink separations automatically
Analysing PDF — reading separations…
Print Dimensions — from PDF
Width
—mm
Height (Repeat)
—mm
Area / repeat
—cm²
Drop a PDF above and dimensions will fill in automatically. If no PDF, enter dimensions manually below.
Ink Coverage per Colour
Drop a PDF above to auto-detect ink separations and coverage %.
Colours appear here once detected. You can also add them manually below.
#
Colour
Coverage %
Anilox vol
R / kg
Coverage bar
Job Parameters
One impression = one print of the artwork exactly as loaded. If this PDF is a stepped sheet (several ups across/around), enter the number of sheets, not individual labels — coverage and ink are for the whole loaded artwork.
Metres of substrate for press setup and register
Density g/cm³ — converts kg → area (gsm = micron × density)
Film thickness, e.g. 38µm BOPP
The weight of film loaded on press for this run
Portion of the roll used for setup / register / waste
Enter material, micron and roll weight to see printed area & metres.
Flat charge to fill chamber + anilox + ink lines, added on top of running ink
Share of the anilox cell volume that reaches the substrate. House default 40%.
Applied to every colour, unless a colour has its own R/kg in the table above. Leave blank to hide cost.
Enter anilox per colour in the table. Pick BCM here to auto-convert.
Paper absorbs more ink than film — adjusts ink laydown
Sets the press guidance notes below
Anilox volume is entered per colour in the table above. Leave blank to use a 3.5 g/m² rule-of-thumb. Transfer efficiency and units apply to every colour's anilox.
