Digital Proofing--Halftone-hungry Prepress Proofers

"We work in a manufacturing industry, in which we need to have appropriate checks and balances at every stage," Presstek's Fuhs asserts. "The cost for digital prepress and press time has elevated to a point that close-enough color is a costly, non-manufacturing solution. Ask any printer who had to eat the cost of a press run due to an unattainable match between the 'pleasing color' and ink-on-paper."