When  customer gets this error, it is normally due to one of two reasons:

1. The colorant was added to the database and was not calibrated.  The colorant needs to be calibrated in order to be used in Formula Central.

2.  In the Job Template, the colorant needs to be selected and the Job Template needs to be saved again.  In this way, the colorant will be selected each time the user wants to use that Job Template.

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