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Old 01-08-2010, 08:06 PM
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A free service that takes PDFs and does the calculation is available here:

http://demo.printcalc.net/PrintCALC/UploadFile.aspx

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PerfX Image X is very nice but if you want to try with Acrobat 9, it seems to be possible. I made a preflight profile using what is called a "vérification personnalisée" in my french version of Acrobat (maybe "custom checks" in english). I choosed to add three times the same action but with different settings (245, 300 and 340% of TAC, for instance). The first one will trigger an information, the second a warning and the third an error. Then, I made a droplet with this profile. You only have to drop your file on the droplet and you receive a report with all the information you need. It's not fast but it works…

Sorry for the screen capture in french, but I don't have an english version.
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Old 01-13-2010, 02:07 AM
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Para calcular la cobertura de tinta en un PDF puedes usar este script en Photoshop.

www.qpdf.es/downloads/Cobertura.zip

Descomprimir y poner en la carpeta de Photoshop /Presets/Scripts

Reinicia Photoshop si lo tenias abierto, Luego, en Photoshop ve a - File - Scripts, selecciona el script para ejecutarlo.

Selecciona un PDF y en unos segundos tienes una página html con la cobertura y un gráfico.

Saludos

Jesús
Disculpen, el enlace no estaba bien.

Ahora si.

www.qpdf.es/downloads/Cobertura.zip

Se esperan comentarios. Gracias
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APFill is an inexpenive software that can calculate ink coverage. I have used it to build pricing structures for toner based machines.

Depending on your workflow if you have digital equipment that uses a Fiery rip and can get the grahics arts package premium edition they have tools in it as well. Which is nice to see how your color management sytems (profiles etc) change the coverage and percentages.

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Old 02-04-2010, 08:26 AM
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In offset printing (sheet feed) my customers are complaining they need to use too much ink for the coverage

does any one know the solution???
by the way i'm new to this and not very technical minded about inks so please keep it simple
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