It seems that we have not heard the latest information related to remote proofing for a long time. So I contacted Dan Caldwell of ICS Corporation and wanted to discover the latest developments in this field from his mouth. Dan is currently the vice president of operations at ICS (Integrated Color Solutions Corporation).
ICS products have Remote Director and Press OK. Remote Director is a SWOP certified monitor-based contract proofing system. PressOK is a large-format scanner that can send pages directly to the Remote Director so that people can remotely sign proofs being printed.
First of all, let's learn some basics
With the help of the remote proofing system, proofs from the printing plant can be reached by your own computer or other output device. Industry terminology cannot be 100% standardized, but the following explanations may give you some help:
* Remote Proofing: Any proof (hard proofing or soft proofing) produced in any place for content or color inspection.
* Soft proofing: A type of proof sent over a network to a customer monitor. Soft proofing is generally used to check content, but it can now also be used to check the accuracy of colors.
* Virtual Proofing: One of the "Soft Proofing" is also a top-level remote proofing method. It is mainly used to sign the colors on the monitor.
Remote color proofing has been widely recognized by large publishers because they use the same technical specifications in the printing of publications such as magazines and catalogs.
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The biggest benefit customers can get from remote proofing technology is that they save a lot of production time. These proofs are very convenient and can be sent to multiple people at one time for proofing. Caldwell gives us a good example: Customers want to publish a page of advertising in a weekly magazine and print in eight different places. This will require ten proofs (each printing house). One is needed, the other two are for archiving).
With remote proofing technology, the customer can send an e-mail to each printing company, allowing them to check proofs with a simple server, saving themselves a lot of time and shipping costs. In addition, products such as monthly publications and catalogs can also benefit in the same way.
Caldwell explained: “Customers have saved the cost of express delivery, but printers have not received the corresponding benefits. In fact, their cost has increased because they have to invest in new technologies. And they must maintain two proofing systems. Normal operation: one for virtual proofing customers and the other for everyone."
Many customers are using a remote proofing system so they can check the content but cannot check the colors. They get the documents from the printing plant (or download them from the printer's website) and then use their own color laser printer to print out the electronic documents for inspection. If you think of remote proofs as identical or final proofs and use them to check colors, then you have to face great challenges.
Some printers have output devices installed in the customer's factory so they can print remote proofs in their own office. In this case, process control becomes even more important. At the very least, these printers and their customers must use the same calibrated proofing equipment.
Slow progress
At present, people's acceptance of remote proofing technology is relatively slow. This is mainly because remote proofing will damage the original proofing system. Caldwell said: "In spite of this, once the barriers to this technology are broken, its usage rate will rise."
One of the current problems with remote proofing is the lack of the ability to work together – printers are required to provide different proofing systems to their customers' needs, and each system is different.
latest progress
Caldwell pointed out: "In a highly integrated world, the proofing system can be integrated into any asset management solution. The industry standardization organization is currently working on the proof-checking standard to be written in a PDF file. In this way, any A system can check it correctly. Once people choose a comprehensive solution that can be used universally, it also clears the last obstacle to using remote proofing technology."
So who are the three major manufacturers of remote proofing systems? According to Caldwell, the introductions are ICS, Kodak and Dalim.
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