A real-world tested ink-mixing scale from Summit Measurement - HRB-3002

The HRB-3002 is a proven and real-world tested ink-mixing scale. Check out this blog post to see how it is used for ink mixing and color matching against Pantone mixing formulas.


BEGIN WITH A RECENTLY CALIBRATED HRB-3002, ON A STABLE PLATFORM OR WORK BENCH.



TARE OUT A MIXING SURFACE THAT YOU WILL USE FOR THE ACTUAL MIXING.


LOOK UP YOUR COLOR MATCH FORMULA USING A PANTONE BOOK, OR YOUR OWN REFERENCE. IN THIS EXAMPLE WE ARE GOING TO BE MIXING PANTONE 1795U. DECIDE ON THE QTY OF INK YOU WILL NEED TO MIX, AND MULTIPLY THE PERCENTAGES REQUIRED BY X FOR YOUR DESIRED VOLUME. IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE WILL CONSIDER 100% TO BE 1OZ. AND WE ARE MIXING FOR 2 OZ OF INK.


START ADDING THE REQUIRED COLORS TO THE SCALE, AND NOTICE THE REQUIRED VOLUME TO HIT THE END FORMULA.


WHEN THE FORMULA IS ADEQUATELY MIXED, THE COLOR IS READY FOR PRESS AND PRODUCTION!!



THE HRB-3002 IS A GREAT SCALE USED FOR INK MIXING. CURRENTLY AVAILABLE HERE