{"id":42,"date":"2010-02-15T21:25:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T21:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sccs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2010-02-16T21:45:43","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T21:45:43","slug":"colorfast-features","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sccs.co.uk\/?page_id=42","title":{"rendered":"Features"},"content":{"rendered":"

ColorFast Features<\/a><\/h1>\n

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Dispense Speed<\/h3>\n

For gravimetric dispensers, where software has a direct bearing on dispense times, we always see an improvement when compared to the existing software.\u00a0 A typical dispense time (ink user, 5 component batch, 20kg) is around 3-4 minutes.\u00a0 It is not uncommon to see a dispense system improve from 8 minutes per batch to 4 minutes.\u00a0 All times are, of course, dependent on the materials being dispensed, the pump and pipe sizes and other factors.<\/p>\n

Systems<\/a><\/h3>\n

ColorFast operates a wide (and growing) range of Gravimetric<\/a> and Volumetric<\/a> dispenser systems, plus Check Weigh systems (scale plus PC).\u00a0 Applications include liquid and paste ink dispensing, textile dye or print paste dispensing, leather pigment dispensing and stenter chemical dispensing.\u00a0 ColorFast is networkable and can operate in various configurations from a single PC plus single dispenser, up to a large system with multiple dispensers and multiple PCs.\u00a0 Because it is networkable, you can access ColorFast information from any networked PC provided you have a licensed copy of ColorFast on that PC.\u00a0 Also, we can offer intranet and internet access to ColorFast data.\u00a0 Intranet access is ideal for accounting\/purchasing departments; internet access is ideal for ink suppliers to connect to their customers.<\/p>\n

Data Transfer<\/a><\/h3>\n

ColorFast has various links for data transfer to and from other systems.\u00a0 These are 3 types of data transfer:<\/p>\n

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  1. Color Systems.<\/strong> Here, ColorFast receives recipes and corrections from a color system.\u00a0 Those recipes can then be dispensed as required.\u00a0 Depending on the color system, recipes are either transferred from the color system using a button within the color software, or are grabbed directly by ColorFast.\u00a0 Currently, we have links to DataMatch, ChromaCalc and LargoMatch.<\/li>\n
  2. Dispenser Upgrades.<\/strong> We can transfer your recipe database from your existing dispenser software, using one of a number of automated programs.\u00a0 Currently, we have programs to transfer data from Prodex, Formatix, Informix Textile Printing, Informix Textile Dyeing and Bespoke TMS.<\/li>\n
  3. Production System Link.<\/strong> Here, jobs are entered into an existing production software system which then sends job information (e.g. order number, pattern\/screen data, recipes, required weights) to ColorFast which then stores all the information and places the job in the dispense queue.\u00a0 Actual dispense information can be sent back to the production system for job costing and stock control.\u00a0 Currently we have such a link for Van Wyk production software, plus a generic link for outputting dispense information in an ASCII file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Press Returns<\/a><\/h3>\n

    Ink returned from a press can be reworked in a number of ways; the ideal method depends on the circumstances.<\/p>\n

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    • Direct re-use is the simplest method, where the software offers returned tubs of the same color as required for the new job.<\/li>\n
    • Mathematical re-use allows the system to change the shade of the returned ink to match the required color.<\/li>\n
    • Partial re-use extends mathematical returns and improves accuracy by weighing the returned ink on the scale.<\/li>\n
    • New recipes may be imported from a match prediction system, to re-use a large tub of returned ink that has been matched from a draw-down.<\/li>\n
    • A very efficient method is for the match prediction system to produce a recipe that describes the tub of returned ink, from which ColorFast can automatically dispense from that tub into all appropriate new dispenses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      ColorFast Features Dispense Speed For gravimetric dispensers, where software has a direct bearing on dispense times, we always see an improvement when compared to the existing software.\u00a0 A typical dispense time (ink user, 5 component batch, 20kg) is around 3-4 minutes.\u00a0 It is not uncommon to see a dispense system improve from 8 minutes per […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sccs.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sccs.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sccs.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sccs.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sccs.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sccs.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"https:\/\/www.sccs.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/44"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sccs.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sccs.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}