Ink

Field

Description

Ink

Ink name used in the Product Engineering. For example: "Offset UV Ink - Black."

Colorant Type

Colorant type to which ink belongs. For example, the Webfed Offset black ink belongs to the Webfed Offset Colorant. The colorant type defines the ink calculation formula and is linked to the Production Group. For more information, refer to "Add Colorant Types.”

Color

Name of the color name to be selected in the Product Specification. The user should select the main color such as CMYK or spot color. This way, the remaining inks will be automatically created for the selected option.

When adding an ink to a color that is not the main color, the system will show a message requesting to add the main. For more information, refer to "Colors".

Cost Account

Name of the cost account to which the ink cost shall be allocated for future cost analysis. For more information, refer to "Add Cost Accounts."

Cost Subaccount

Name of the cost sub account to which the ink cost shall be assigned. For more information, refer to "Add Cost Accounts.

If the appropriate cost sub account is not listed, make sure the selected cost account is correct.

Inventory Item

Inventory item to which the ink must be linked to facilitate the material request.

If the appropriate inventory item is not displayed, it is necessary to record it. For more information, refer to "Add Inventory Items.”

Production Unit

Unit of measurement to be sent as default for the modules of production for requesting materials. This field does not affect the Engineering calculation unit, which is the same as the generic Engineering component type unit.

For more information, refer to "Add Engineering Component Types.”

Density

Factor used for converting the ink consumption unit of measurement from kilograms to liters. By default this factor is 1 – indicating that 1 kg of water is equivalent to 1 liter of water. This field will not be used by the Engineering. It is only used for requesting materials and should only be changed if the ink request is made per liters instead of per kilograms. For example, when entering 1.2 in this field, the system will consider that each liter of ink weighs 1.2 kg.

Solids Content Factor

Factor that indicates how much of the ink's weight shall be added to the final product weight. After the ink is applied, a part of it remains on the paper and another part of it evaporates. This way, only part of the initial ink weight is applied to the final product.

For example, if the total ink weight calculated is 1 kg and the value entered in this field is 0.2, the ink weight added to the final product is 200 grams (0.2 kg).

This field is not being considered in the product engineering up to now. However, it is recommended to fill it for future use.

Specific Weight (consumption factor)

Factor indicating the ink consumption. For example if the ink consumption was 1 kg, when entering 1.2 in this field it will be changed to 1.2 kg. This factor will change the consumption calculated by the Engineering.

Minimum Consumption

Minimum amount of ink consumption in kilograms, to be applied in the Engineering. Even if the actual consumption is inferior to it, the value set in this field will be considered as the consumption. If actual consumption is higher than what is defined in this field, the greatest value will be considered.

External Reference

Name used for integrating the ink record with other systems.

Active

Indicates if the ink will be available for use in the Engineering.

Plant

Plant which indicates a material can only be used for Production Groups in the same plant, once it is linked to this material. Once the plant is selected and the raw material saved, it will no longer be allowed to unlink the plant linked to it, therefore, it is recommended to set this configuration with caution.

This field only appears if the “Separate raw materials by plant” is enabled in Sales > Records > iQuote > Commercial > Estimate General Setup.