InkFormulation 5 (pictured) calculates the quantities of ink needed for any ink recipe and is available in four versions aimed at ink manufacturers, large printers and SME printers, plus an online portal.
The modular software also reduces the wastage of unused inks by calculating recipes to rework leftover inks into new formulae.
The launch follows steep price rises from ink manufacturers, blamed on the rising cost of raw materials and long-term price decline.
Gretag introduces its ink-saving software
Colour specialist Gretag-Macbeth is helping printers to offset the current hikes in ink prices with a software package that cuts excess ink usage.
