Calculate toner or ink coverage from a pdf file.

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Ink Coverage

Written for the Mac using Tiger and above. Compiled universal binary runs on PowerPC and Intel. This program opens a print ready pdf and will calculate the ink or toner coverage of the file. A perfect solution for needing to know approximately how much a print job will cost before printing it. If you are printing a one sided 8.5x11 in full color it may not matter much - but what if you are printing 500 or even 1000 - then what?

This is a small easy to use application that does one thing - reads ink or toner coverage and gives you the calculated results based on yield results listed by the manufacturer. Another example, you receive a print ready pdf and it has a large solid black background with a few color pictures. Is that background color 100 percent black, or could it have 50 percent magenta and yellow as well? Take the guess work out of your next digital print job. Have a calculated way in which you can determine cost.

We created this program out of need. Running a printing business ourselves; we quote our commercial work by finding the consumable cost and marking it up appropriately. Using print time, paper, and design time, we can be consistent on our quotes. This can be used to determine the cost of consumables for any digital printer; whether laser printer, poster printer, wax printer, or common ink jet. If you have a 6 color ink jet for example you can cost average the color inks. The web page to our business is hobartsprinting.com.

Try this program free for 30 days. We hope you find it useful.

Attention - Problems with Leopard have been fixed as of version 1.13.
Attention - Problems with Snow is fixed as of version 1.16.

The demo version is the full version.
Click here to download your free 30 day Ink Coverage© program(version 1.16).

The zipped file now contains a dmg. Double click the dmg, find the Ink Coverage Program and drag into the Application folder.
The dmg now contains the pdf test files.
We have a zipped folder of test pdfs you may use to check results.
Click here to download a 1.3MG zip file containing pdf color test files.

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