REMOTE PROOFING -- Approved On-site

The primary barriers to remote hardcopy proofing all revolve around the question of responsibility. Who's going to pay for the proofer? Who's going to keep it calibrated? Who's responsible for the consumables?

Current trends would seem to indicate that interest in and acceptance of remote soft proofing is increasing, while adoption of the hardcopy approach has peaked. (Note: Remote proofing is defined here as involving approvals by clients of work done by a print supplier, not designers simply proofing their work internally.)