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Carbon Blackness [My], Jetness [Mc], Undertone [dM] and Tint Strength [T]

How do you validate a APHA/Pt-Co/Hazen 500 liquid color standard?

SPC Results for Diagnostic Didymium Filter Test

Do you know what Molten Color is?

Using ASCII Export on Multiple Jobs

How can I use EasyMatch QC to measure Contrast Ratio Opacity?

How can I perform a first-time installation of EasyMatch QC software?

How to perform a clean uninstall of EasyMatch QC and start fresh

How can I enable login within EasyMatch QC to set User Privilege?

Unable to Standardize Instrument

How do I average multiple readings?

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Carbon Blackness [My], Jetness [Mc], Undertone [dM] and Tint Strength [T]

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Ken Phillips

“Carbon black, also called charcoal black lamp black, pigment black, soot or black carbon, is a fine particle carbon pigment obtained as soot from the incomplete combustion of many different types of organic materials, such as natural gas, or oil. Carbon black is usually a fine, soft, black powder. It is very stable and unaffected […]

Posted in Chemical, Coatings, Color and Appearance Theory, ColorFlex EZ, EasyMatch QC, Plastic Tagged blackness, carbon, carbon black, dM, jet, jetmess, Mc, Mc jetness, My, My blackness, tint, tint strength, undertone Leave a comment

How do you validate a APHA/Pt-Co/Hazen 500 liquid color standard?

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Ken Phillips

As described in Section 6 of ASTM D1209, there are 2 criteria to validate a APHA/Pt-Co 500 standard: Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he is the global market development manager for HunterLab, focused on understanding customer […]

Posted in Chemical, Color and Appearance Theory, EasyMatch QC, EasyMatch QC-ER, Pharmaceuticals, Plastic, UltraScan PRO, UltraScan VIS Tagged absorbance, APHA, APHA color standard, Hazen, Pt-Co, PtCo, validation Leave a comment

SPC Results for Diagnostic Didymium Filter Test

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Ken Phillips

FAQ: “We take the results from the Didymium Filter Test on our HunterLab Vista and plot them in an SPC chart over time to look at trends. We are seeing the 430 and 570 nm filters slowly decrease. Can you help us understand what may be occurring?” Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 […]

Posted in EasyMatch QC, EasyMatch QC-ER, UltraScan PRO, UltraScan VIS Tagged diagnostic test, didymium, didymium filter Leave a comment

Do you know what Molten Color is?

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Ken Phillips

FAQ:”A client is asking me to measure something they call “Molten Color’. Do you have any information on this? Do Hunterlab instrument have a function for this color?” Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he is the global […]

Posted in Chemical, Color and Appearance Theory, EasyMatch QC, UltraScan VIS Tagged APHA, Bisphenol, BPA, BPA Bisphenol A, cresylic, cresylic acid, Gardner, hot, hot liquid, maleic anhydride, molten, molten color, molten colour, phthalic anhydride, Pt-Co, PtCo, solid aromatic hydrocarbons Leave a comment

Using ASCII Export on Multiple Jobs

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Ken Phillips

Can you use the Automatic ASCII Export feature on more than one Job so that each Job exports to a separate file? Providing everything is setup correctly within the EasyMatch QC software, it is possible to use the Automatic ASCII Export feature on more than one Job and to have each Job export to a […]

Posted in EasyMatch QC, Software Tagged CSV export, export multiple Jobs, multiple ASCII export Leave a comment

How can I use EasyMatch QC to measure Contrast Ratio Opacity?

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Ken Phillips

Contrast Ratio Opacity measurement quantifies how opaque a sheet sample using two readings. One reading is taken with the black glass or light trap backing the sample at the port. The second reading is taken with the sample backed by a white tile or the white sample clamp insert. EasyMatch QC will prompt you for […]

Posted in Coatings, EasyMatch QC, Paper Tagged coatings, contrast ratio opacity, opacity, plastic, sheet Leave a comment

How can I perform a first-time installation of EasyMatch QC software?

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Ken Phillips

For either a network or local PC installation, the person installing EasyMatch QC software must be a System Administrator for the PC, Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he is the global market development manager for HunterLab, […]

Posted in EasyMatch QC Tagged different computer, EZMQC, first-time install, install, installation, upgrade Leave a comment

How to perform a clean uninstall of EasyMatch QC and start fresh

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Ken Phillips

Be warned – this note assumes that you want to completely remove or “clean” EasyMatch QC from your PC and start over fresh. No user data will be saved. The following steps are what you need to do for a complete uninstall of EasyMatch QC. Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in […]

Posted in EasyMatch QC, Software Tagged clean, complete uninstall, existing PC, EZMQC, software installation, wipe Leave a comment

How can I enable login within EasyMatch QC to set User Privilege?

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Ken Phillips

FAQ: “Our customer wants to establish feature privileges in EasyMatch QC software, such that operators cannot delete standards or samples. only recalibrate and measure. Can this be done?” Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he is the […]

Posted in EasyMatch QC, EasyMatch QC-ER, Software Tagged login, privileges, users Leave a comment

Unable to Standardize Instrument

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Ken Phillips

The standardize button in the EasyMatch QC tool bar is grayed out and I cannot standardize my instrument. This problem usually occurs when communication has been interrupted with the active instrument. First check and make sure that all cables are connected to both the instrument and computer and that the instrument is powered on. Go […]

Posted in EasyMatch QC, EasyMatch QC-ER Tagged no sensor connected, tool bar gray Leave a comment

How do I average multiple readings?

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Ken Phillips

How do I setup the EasyMatch QC software to average multiple readings? The EasyMatch QC software has an option to average multiple readings and report the average as a single measurement. To use this feature it first must be configured. To do this, go to Options/Average Method. This will open the Average Method window, as […]

Posted in EasyMatch QC, EasyMatch QC-ER Tagged average sample, configure average, EZMQC Leave a comment
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