In this section you will learn how to use the PRINERGY Portal: Ink Analytics Service: Ink Estimator: PRINERGY Workshop settings have evolved.


You can manually approve Output in PRINERGY Workshop to update an estimate after Print Condition parameters have been updated in PRINERGY Workshop.

You an also enable auto estimation (recommended) by clicking the Enable Auto Estimation checkbox in the Per Surface Estimation panel to have Ink Estimation data automatically populated in Ink Usage (Imposition) reports.

Setting output to Approve in Prinergy Workshop will auto-upload to Prinergy Cloud.


NOTE: Imposed ink estimations can be created in two different ways:

  1. Ink Usage estimates for Impositions are created automatically and stored under Ink Usage Dashboard (Imposition). Select the Enable Auto Estimation checkbox in the Per Surface Estimation panel and enter a Print Condition, number of copies in Prinergy Workshop, and run imposed VPS or TIFF output.
  2. Ink Usage estimates for Impositions are stored in the Ink Usage (Imposition) dashboard. Create a Per Surface Ink Estimation and press the Approve button.

Because Ink Estimation data can be populated in two different ways, it is important to note that Ink Estimates can be overwritten.

Confirm the Enable Auto Estimation checkbox is checked to have Ink Estimation data automatically populated in Ink Usage (Imposition) reports. Each time a surface is output, ink analytics data is uploaded to PRINERGY Portal: Ink Analytics. Therefore, if the correct Print Condition and quantities have been specified in PRINERGY Workshop, it may not be necessary to manually use Per Surface Ink Estimation.

If Ink Usage (Imposition) has been auto-populated by output from PRINERGY, and then you open and Approve any changes to Print Conditions or quantities in the Ink Estimator, the new manual estimation data will replace the existing PRINERGY auto-populated data.

Conversely, if you have used Ink Estimator to approve the estimate, but then run a new set of VPS or TIFF outputs from PRINERGY Workshop with a different Print Condition or quantities, the data from PRINERGY will automatically overwrite the existing manual estimate.

An alternate method to update the Ink Analytics data from PRINERGY Workshop without outputting the imposition again is to do the following:

  1. Change the Print Condition or quantity in PRINERGY Workshop
  2. Select the Output column in the separations Tab
  3. Right-click and choose Approve from the context menu.


The data will auto upload to PRINERGY Portal: Ink Analytics, without re-outputting the separations.

Prior to the use of this, be sure that you have reviewed the following components: