FirstPROOF Guide to PrePress SoftProofing
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...to Pre-Press Soft-Proofing

What is FirstPROOF? And what exactly is Pre-Press Soft-Proofing?

What can you do with FirstPROOF? And why do you need a Pre-Press Soft-Proofing product?

These are all questions that we get asked from time to time. So we wrote The FirstPROOF Guide to Pre-Press Soft-Proofing which you can download (on the left). That goes into detail as to why every pre-press department should be using FirstPROOF - the ultimate pre-press soft-proofing product - including lots of examples.

For those of you who don't want to download such a large document, in a nutshell you use FirstPROOF to check your digital plate data before you make plates and start printing; just like you used to check film. The problem that most people face is that when they had film, they used to check all sorts of things and detect all sorts of problems, before making plates or going to press. Unfortunately, in the digital age of CtP or Direct-To-Press that many of us now live in, there are a number of things that you can't check and won't find until the press is rolling. The cost of a mistake in such cases can be significant - several thousands of dollars or more in wasted paper, ink and press downtime. That alone can wipe out the profit margin at a small printer for a few weeks.

And that's where FirstPROOF comes in. Think of it as a digital equivalent to putting your film on a light table. In fact FirstPROOF can do a lot more than just check plates - it can also fix a number of problems. Even for those of us still using film, FirstPROOF can save considerable time and money by detecting and fixing problems earlier in the process.

To find out more, download one of the Guides (on the left) and have a good read; your eyes will be opened.

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