Labels:text | book | font | screenshot | paper | number | publication | document OCR: Step 5: Get a Reliable Test Print/Proof Proofing methods There are two primary methods for proofing: analog and digital. Determining which to Check before you spend use depends on your budget and degree of expertise. With analog proofing, proofs are made from the actual film to be used to make the plate. These proofs are usually called Here's some money-saving advice: Always get a proof or test print. Before making any "contract proofs." This is the more expensive and generally more accurate method. press-run commitment, be absolutely certain your job will print the way you want. You should feel confident that colors will reproduce correctly, and that text and images are With digital proofing, proofs are created digitally from your computer by a printing exactly where you want them. In other words, check before you spend. Keep uncertainty device. This is achieved using devices ranging from color laser printers to costly digital out of the equation as much as possible. proofers that display halftone screens. Care must be taken with these devices to ensure that they are consistent and have been profiled to match the printing conditions. In traditional printing operations, proofs are made from the film used in making the printing plates. But as technological advances continue to impact the graphics industry, Viewing booth digital proofing - without film - is becoming a more relied-upon and common practice. As noted back in Step 1, colors appear different in various lighting conditions. Although The digital process has dramatically impacted the conventional role of proofs and how we commonly think of all lighting sources as generally the same, these sources actually they're created. Nevertheless, whether you're running film or going directly to plate, you project different-colored light that can change the color of what we see. still need a proof of some kind to ensure that you're actually getting what you want. To evaluate a proof (anałog or digital), you need to view it under proper, controlled light- The proofing process can assume a variety of forms: using your calibrated monitor as a ing conditions - for example, a viewing booth. A light source is required that provides "soft-proof"; using your desktop printer after it's been profiled; working closely with your continuous white light (light without a color cast, no matter how slight). Additionally, you service provider to obtain a film proof; printing a proof as a test. While each of these need to look at the proof in a neutral environment where wall colors will not reflect onto forms is going to get you progressively better results, establishing the means to getting a the proof. A viewing booth, albeit an expensive investment, is the best way to ensure that reliable proof before committing to final output is the most important thing you can do. you're seeing your proofs under consistent, stable viewing conditions. 26 27
