The new contract proof

What criteria determine acceptability for a manufacturing process based on visual perception? For most high-quality printers, a key part of the workflow has been the contract proof. Printers wishing to provide outstanding value to their customers now have an expanding range of options, even while budgets and timeframes shrink. Contract proofs have changed dramatically during the past 30 years. Yet even with developments such as laser scanning, desktop publishing and CTP — which have improved the quality of the printing process — trends in contract proofing may be driven more by cost than by quality. “If you go ...

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