Bobmorli
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A little background info:
We're a medium to large printer (5 Heidelberg XL and 4 Heidelberg CD presses) doing work for packaging. We do a large number of jobs a day, printing almost 24/7. I recently discoverd that our planning doesn't have a accurate way of calculating the ideal amount of positions on a sheet.
Example:
Label 1 - requested amount= 40.000 - colors: C M Y K P280
Label 2 - requested amount= 20.000 - colors: C P485 P106 K
Label 3 - requested amount= 60.000 - colors: C M Y K P877 P872
Availible postions an the sheet = 8
Total requested amout = 120.000
Total colors = 10
We have the choice between different presses: 8 colors / 6 colors / 5 colors
Now are planning department would make 2 runs.
Label 1 printed on a 5 color press
Label 2 and 3 on the same sheet on a 8 color press.
To calculate de division of amounts over the availible positions, our planners use an excel file, enter amounts they think will do it, and then add or substract amounts to get a good division. Problem is every planner will have
I was wondering if anyone knows about a software program that calculates this for you, with consideration of amount colors etc. Or, how do you do it?
Thanks for the input.
Just heard that EskoArtwork has something called PowerOptimizer that does this. Are there any other ways/programs?
Edited by: Kristof on Mar 12, 2008 11:48 AM
We're a medium to large printer (5 Heidelberg XL and 4 Heidelberg CD presses) doing work for packaging. We do a large number of jobs a day, printing almost 24/7. I recently discoverd that our planning doesn't have a accurate way of calculating the ideal amount of positions on a sheet.
Example:
Label 1 - requested amount= 40.000 - colors: C M Y K P280
Label 2 - requested amount= 20.000 - colors: C P485 P106 K
Label 3 - requested amount= 60.000 - colors: C M Y K P877 P872
Availible postions an the sheet = 8
Total requested amout = 120.000
Total colors = 10
We have the choice between different presses: 8 colors / 6 colors / 5 colors
Now are planning department would make 2 runs.
Label 1 printed on a 5 color press
Label 2 and 3 on the same sheet on a 8 color press.
To calculate de division of amounts over the availible positions, our planners use an excel file, enter amounts they think will do it, and then add or substract amounts to get a good division. Problem is every planner will have
I was wondering if anyone knows about a software program that calculates this for you, with consideration of amount colors etc. Or, how do you do it?
Thanks for the input.
Just heard that EskoArtwork has something called PowerOptimizer that does this. Are there any other ways/programs?
Edited by: Kristof on Mar 12, 2008 11:48 AM