The separation uses the inks already on your shelf

Stop separating to colors you have to buy

Most separation tools hand back a palette of "ideal" colors — and then you're ordering ink, or mixing by guesswork, just to print one job. Ink Inventory Matching flips that: it separates to what's actually on your shelf, so the seps you pull are the seps you can print today.

What you get on every color

• Closest owned ink — each palette color matched to the nearest ink you stock, in CIE Lab.
• Brand filters — "use only my Wilflex inks", "use only my FN-INK colors", or all of them.
• Delta-E warning — a clear flag when nothing on the shelf is close enough to trust.
• Need to order this ink? — the closest Pantone to buy when there's no good match.
• Mixing recipe suggestion — a two-ink blend from inks you already own to hit the target.

Built from real catalogs — exact when you want it

It ships with brand catalogs (Wilflex, FN-INK, generic stock) and lets you add custom mixes. The built-in colors are practical approximations — but you can calibrate any ink to its true measured color, or import your whole shelf from a CSV of your color card or spectrophotometer export. Once an ink is calibrated, matches are exact for your shop. The on-press result still depends on garment, opacity, and cure, so always pull a swatch to confirm.

	AI Separations	Typical separation tools
Separates to inks you own	Yes — your inventory drives the palette	No — generic palette
Brand filter (Wilflex / FN-INK)	Yes	Rare
Out-of-stock handling	Delta-E warning + Pantone to order + mix recipe	None
Calibrate to measured color	Yes — exact for your shelf	No

See also the print-readiness check, the quote calculator, or what AI color separation is.