SOFT PROOFING -- Is Printing Going Soft?

Sending PDFs as e-mail attachments for clients to view on-screen is soft proofing in its simplest form. This is commonly done for content approval only.

Common Traits

Dedicated soft proofing solutions typically provide a similar set of added functionality. Enhanced collaboration tools and capabilities are pretty much standard, including e-mail notification, simultaneous viewing, approval reporting and activity tracking. Color management and evaluation (on-screen densitometer, etc.) features are also must-haves.