Feast for the Eye

That benchmark might be rooted in Color Matching Modules (CMMs), which Ferland calls digital proofing's "most significant advancement in recent years." These color recipes give a CMYK printer the correct mix of cyan, magenta, yellow and black to match the output of other devices, he explains. PanDot uses its own CMMs, but in an open system that allows for user definable adjustments, the use of ICC profiles or other color lookup tables.