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Remote proofing

Soft proofing in a remote scenario presents a slew of challenges related to the need for collaboration among multiple (often far-flung) packaging supply chain partners. Pat Lord, product manager, portal products, Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group, says that above all, remote proofing requires “a good set of tools to deal with controlling and enabling access to the proofing data, as well as managing the color information of the proof and the environment in which those proofs will be viewed.” In addition, “The tool set needs to facilitate the collaboration process so that the history and progress of the review cycle is clear and documented.” Lord says that in many cases, “multiple reviewers or approval steps are involved, from content to legal, and the proofing system must support that process.”