Has Proofing Gone ‘Soft’?

To get there, [you need to consider] the components of the actual output device; the consumables (in inkjet that would be the media and the inks that are used in the machine); a PC or Mac or computer platform that is going to drive it; software that can manage that device—control its color; some kind of measuring device—a spectrophotometer or colorimeter; and then some sort of viewing condition to look at the output. And hopefully, a human in there somewhere who knows those variables and understands how to operate the system.