The need for digital proofing

In recent years, more and more customers have begun to look for low-cost, fast printing methods. For print and design companies, the fastest solution to meet this customer demand is to turn all of these related printing steps from DTP (Desktop Patterning) to final printing into a fully digital process. To this end, EPSON has provided a new solution that applies color printers to the crucial link of “proofing” in the digital printing process; it also allows you to easily implement remote proofing.

Digital proofing becomes necessary

In recent years, the DTP (Desktop Patterning) system has been widely used in the printing data design industry. Also, most design companies now usually hand over the final design draft to the printing company as a data file. However, unlike the design companies, most printing companies are still using the traditional printing mode - first, the traditional proofing, plate making, and then printing. This has forced the design company to postpone the digitalization of proofing. In all these steps, proofing is a crucial step in the digitalization of the printing process. If a digital color proofing system is introduced at the proofing stage, it will greatly promote the digitization of the subsequent steps. In particular, if a CTP (Computer to Plate) system is introduced, it will help shorten the production time.

The advantages of digital proofing

Traditional printing requires a large lithographic or photochemical proofing device, the need for film output, or proofing platemaking operations, not to mention the need to operate skilled workers. All this makes the entire printing work long and costly, and it is difficult to maintain a stable quality of proofing.

Digital proofing can be directly proofed with design data from DTP (Desktop Proofing) without the need to output film, which not only reduces production costs, but also reduces the number of production steps. As a result, production efficiency has been greatly improved. And, you can also easily conduct proofing, modify the layout or content several times according to the requirements of the customer until the customer is satisfied, without any cost burden. - This is one of the major advantages of digital proofing.