Feast for the Eye

Great strides in color matching ability have bolstered market receptivity to digital proofing. "Most analog proofs assimilate Pantone and spot colors into CMYK equivalents, which are only approximations," explains Rogers. "Color management tools used on most digital proofers use lab values to end this approximation." Instead of matching the press to the proof, the press can be left in a standard mode, he explains. Expensive and time-consuming adjustments on press to match the proof are eliminated.