remote/soft proofers
name specifications price contact
Comprises
Proofs
viewable as
Proof format
Publishing
Agfa Apogee Portal Project key 4 H, O iAPDF, RI, APDF DC, S any 4 C, R SO, SOC, 3PC I, UI from £20k Agfa
Manager
Agfa Apogee Portal Web
AS, PA, RA, VS, FTS, H, O iAPDF, RI, APDF DC, S any 4 C, R - I, UI from £7,000 Agfa
Approval
FWS
Agfa Apogee RPC CS, P, PA, S H HCO DC, S AS 4 - SO E, I from £7,500 Agfa
Bremy InternetProof AS, ASM, CCA, PA, H, O APDF, RI, T DC, S any 4 - - I From £2,500 Positive Foc
RA, VCO
Cromalin iCertification* AS, CS, GBS, JTI H, O any DC, S DDC 4 C SO I, IS, V, W £1.5k-£2k DuPont
Dalim Dialogue v4.0 AS, CCA, CS, FTS H, O PDF, T, CC, APDF, DC, S any 8 C, R 3PC, 3PI I from £4,000 Dalim
iAPDF, OPDF, RI, T
Software
Dalim Dialogue v6.0* AS, CCA, CS, FTS H, O PDF, T, CC, APDF, DC, S any 8 C, R 3PC, 3PI I from £4,000 TPI
iAPDF, OPDF, RI, T
EFI Colorproof eXpress CS, R, S, VS H, O EFI DC any 8 C, R SO, 3PI any from £420 EFI
EFI Colorproof XF CS, R, S, SS, VS H, O EFI DC, S any 8 C, R SO, 3PI any from £980 EFI
Equator key 2 O PDF S any 4 R - I from £1,950 Telekinesys
FirstPROOF Professional AC, AS, CS, PA, VS, H, O T, LEN, HP DC any 8 C, R 3PC UI £995 Hamillroad
PT, PM
FirstPROOF Standard AS, PA, VS O T, LEN, HP DC - 8 C, R - UI from £395 Hamillroad
Fujifilm XMF Remote AS, CCA, PA, RA, VS, H, O APDF, RI DC, S any 4 C, R - I, UI from £10,000 Fujifilm
FTS, FWS, VCO
GMG Colorproof* CS, GBS, R, S H, O any DC, S any 8 C, R SO, 3PI I, IS, V, W £2,695 GMG
GMG ProofControl* GBS, PA, RA, S HC any - - 8 - - - £3,000 GMG
HW Roam VS O JPEG, T, HP DC - 8 C, R - UI £500 Xitron
ICS Remote Director AC,AS,CCA,CS,CVB,F H, O CUSTOM PIXEL DC, S any 4 C, R SOC, 3PC I £3,750 Targetcolour
WS,PA,R,SS,VCO,VS
PAINT wStream
Kodak InSite Creative Workflow Key 1 O PDF, T DC, S any 4 C, R 3PC I from £22k Kodak GCG
Kodak InSite Prepress Portal Key 1 O PDF DC, S any 4 C 3PC I from £18k Kodak GCG
Kodak PressProof AC, CS, VS, FWS, VS O T DC, S - - C 3PC UI, I from £8,300 Kodak GCG
Oris Certified Proof ASM, PA O Any DC, S any 4 C, R SOC, 3PI UI £795 Colourbyte
Oris Color Server PM, SS, FTS H, O Any DC, S any 4 C, R SOC E. HC, I, IS from £650 Colourbyte
Oris Soft Proof AC,AS,CS,P,R,S,VS H, O PDF DC, S any 4 C, R SOC, 3PI E. HC, I, IS £4,370 Colourbyte
PDF 2 Proof* AS, VS, RS H, O RI DC, S any 4 C, R SOC, 3PC I, E from £6,000 GMG
PerfectProof ProofMaster* key 3 H, O any DC, S AIJ 8 C, R 3PC, 3PI HC, I from £995 PerfectProof
Remote Approval AS, SS, VS H, O JPEG S - 4 C, R - I from £8,750 Fujifilm
Screen Riteapprove AS, CS, P, R, VS H, O OPDF DC E, HP 8 R SO, SOC, 3PI I, IS, V, W £9,000 Screen
Serendipity Blackmagic CS, R, VS H, O APDF DC AIJ 4 C, R 3PC, 3PI I, IS, W £2,800 Positive Foc
Output printer
Annotation by
client
Accurate
colour space
on monitor
Devices
calibrated
Key
Comprises AC = provides accurate colour critical proofs on screen in a colour controlled environment; AS = annotation software; ASM = asset management; CCA =
change control and auditing; CS = calibration solution; CVB = calibrated viewing booth; FTS = file transmission software; FWS = fast web streaming for image/page
data; GBS = grey balance strip for checking proof on both ends; JTI = job tracking data on DuPont server via internet; P = printer; PA = proof approval; PM = project
management; R = RIP; RP = RIP plug-in; RS = raster servier for PDF; S = spectrophotometer; SS = server software; VCO = version control; VS = viewing software; key
1 = AC, AS, CS, FTS, FWS, PA, PM, RA, VCO, VS; key 2 = AS, ASM, CCA, FTS, PA, PM, RA, VLO, VS; key 3 = AC, AS, CS, GBS, PA, R, S, SS, VLO, VS; key 4 = AC, AS, CCA, CS, FTS, PM,
RA, PA, SS, VCO, FWS
Proofs viewable as H = hard copy; O = on computer screen
Proof format APDF = Acrobat PDF; CC = composite colour; EFI = EFI remote container (PDF & JDF combination); FWS = fast web streaming format-proprietary; HCO =
hard copy only; HP = Harlequin pagebuffer; iAPDF = iApogee PDF; OPDF = outline PDF (no fonts, etc); PDF = all PDF; RI = rastered image; T = TIFF; (x)BT = (number)
bit TIFF Publishing DC = direct to client; S = made available via server
Publishing DC = direct to client; S = made available via server
Output printer AIJ = any ink-jet; AS = Agfa Sherpa; C = Canon; DDC = DuPont Digital Cromalin; E40-100 = Epson 4000-10000; E48 = Epson 4800; E = Epson; HP =
any HP
Accurate colourspace on monitor C = CMYK; R = RGB
Devices calibrated SO = system’s own printer; SOC = system’s own computer screen; 3PC = third-party computer screens; 3PI = third-party ink-jet printers
Data transfer E = email; HC = hard copy; I = internet; IS= ISDN; W = WAM!NET; UI = used internally; V = Vio
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proofers pre-media
Data transfer
mechanism