Soft Proofing — Virtually a Lock

Another indicator of the strong interest in soft proofing was provided by the recent Vue/Point 2006 conference. A session on “Workflow Standardization” across multiple output devices evolved almost entirely into a discussion of the issues in soft proofing.

According to Christy Miners, CTP supervisor, Democrat Printing & Litho has already converted about 20 percent of its customers to working online, including for proofing. The Little Rock, AR-based printer is now doing beta testing of a system in its pressroom to enable virtual press checks.