Digital Proofing DigitalProofer

Editor's note: With the popularity of digital printing, CTP systems and digital direct printing systems in recent years, color management (CMS) has become an important topic in the industry. Among them, Digital Proofer has become an important part of the investment of various users because the traditional copying system will certainly be replaced by the digital copying system (Digital Proofing). Now introduce some steps that you must pay attention to when installing DigitalProofer. We hope that users who have purchased DigitalProofer can understand the main points of the inspection system installation. Other users can also know how to choose a good DigitalProofer supplier.
At present, many vendors offer a wide range of DigitalProofer systems, from large companies with the DigitalProofingSystem for the entire CTP process, to systems provided by some CMS system suppliers, and even to some agents who are just inkjet printers, adding a set of The software RIP that supports ICCProfile is equal to DigitalProofer and is strongly promoted. For a time when the market is in full bloom, buyers may feel more confused and do not know how to choose a suitable system.
Most users will pay attention to the price of the system, the cost of consumables, and the printing speed when purchasing DigitalProofer systems. Of course, we will also look at one or two demonstration samples. The above points are indeed an important consideration for investing in a system, but many users are more ignorant of the vendor's own technical level and the correct steps for installing DigitalProofer.
In years of CMS consultant work experience, found that the DigitalProofer problem encountered by users, in fact, has nothing to do with the technology of CMS and digital proofing; but the system supplier because of neglecting a lot of important steps in the installation of DigitalProofer, so that its DigitalProofer printing The effect is greatly reduced.
Any well-served CMS and DigitalProofer supplier must invest in high-quality hardware and software to produce ICC Profiles, densitometers for linearization, and even their technicians' CMS expertise. Only in this way can you provide professional services and installation settings to an accurate DigitalProofer.
Unfortunately, many suppliers currently on the market try their best to cut corners when installing services. For example, only a few basic color settings are made. Without ICC Profiles, some manufacturers can adjust the “canned” profiles provided by RIP and print two or three tests. The manuscript will be completed, so long as the customer does not immediately find the problem, they can “bone”. Another example is that currently many DigitalProofers on the market do not do linear calibration at all. This is because suppliers do not have a density meter (or do not even know to do this step), and the process time is often time-consuming, so many times when the customer does not request it, they put it. This process is saved.