: Total ink coverage on CMYK digital printing Is there a simple way to calculate ink coverage when printing from *.pdf ? I work at a digital printing studio and just got a new machine. With

@Jennifer810

Try to use APFill Ink Coverage calculator. It calculates coverage of the PDF file and you will get results like on screenshots. It shows separated coverage % for each of CMYK spots and up to 8 pantone colors for each page of the PDF file.

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@Nimeshi706

Adobe Acrobat has a number of tools to analyze PDF documents.

You can use the Preflight tool (Edit → Preflight...) to analyze for any pre-print issues, including ink coverage, image resolution etc. and correct some issues. There are a number of preset profiles that you can use, I believe some contain ink coverage checks. You can create your own custom profiles and add your own checks, including ink coverage.



You can read more about the Preflight tool here:


Acrobat Help / Analyzing documents with the Preflight tool


If you just want to see the values you can use the Output Preview (Tool → Print Production → Output Preview). Set the preview to "Seperations" and you can hover over your pdf with your cursor and get live values for all inks and total coverage. You can also set a color to highlight any areas over a threshold of total coverage.



Note, this is using Acrobat Pro CS6, the newer Acrobat Pro DC (CC) may differ.

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