DIGITAL COLOR PROOFING -- Right on the Dot

The shop's workhorse is the automated Prediction model, but it also has the bigger, manual Gold unit to produce larger proofs, serve as a backup and provide more capacity, according to Yeats. The devices are color matched and calibrated, he continues, and can be driven by the identical front end (RIPs, trapping and screening) to Quality's CTP system. Along with the other advantages of halftone proofers, the general manager values the proofers' ability to use some special colors and metallics, as well as image a clear overlay to represent a spot varnish or show a die rule.