Contract color proofs - imposed press sheet or single "loose" pages?

[Slappy]

A little late to the discussion, but we do both. That's right TWO proofs for the price of one!!

We do an imposed color proof on the Epson 9800Pro, and folded/stitched proofs low-res on the DesignJet 4000 w/ the Spinjet. If there are color corrections we do loose page proofs on the 9800, if there are type or any non-critical corrections, loose page proofs on the DesignJet that get attached to the original composed proof.

[David]

We do the same too Slappy, it's just the Epson is a "contract proof" for color and we use an HP5000 for the backed-up "content" proof.
We can either use the Epson or a Kodak approval for "contract" color, depending on how big your wallet is.
And, yes, we do seem to be doing quite a few more Epsons now-a-days.

 :wink:

[Edgar]

Hello guys!

I think the proof goes with the client and production preferences. Our clients don't need to check imposition, marks and all the surrounding things. Our clients want to check content in a short time so we show them "loose proofs". Once signed up, our ctp staff join the pages to create the imposition sheets (according to our production plan).

When clients change a page, we only replace that page as easy as it gets.

In the production side, there's no problem working with "Frankestein proofs".

Our market is full color jobs, good quality in shortest production time. I don't know what it means (my boss told me that) but I'm going crazy working in this way.

Nice to see you back!

Alleluyah!

[gnubler]

Wow, Edgar was here? COME BACK! We need more Mexicans hanging out here! Plus, I wanted to clarify the definitions on some new Spanish street slang I've picked up recently.

[DigitalCrapShoveler]

Oh? Do tell. I love adding to my alternate language repertoire.

[Edgar]

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(Don't let me do your spanish homework)

Did I lost something here in these years?

Proofing seems to be an eternal topic. I prefer to do what the production and our clients need. Those needs change in the way of the kind of clients you have, the style of production in your shop, even in shops located in different regions around your country or around this world.

I visited a mexican region where they don't need a contract proofing for approve jobs, even when they are keep working with imagesetters. They only see color prints output in an office-inkjet desktop printer. Their clients don't need a contract proof nor they don't want to pay for.

[kermit]

I am doing both. Whatever is need it.