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However, Caldwell cautions, “No proofing systems other than those that use a color kitchen to blend inks for proofing or a press run have been able to produce accurate proofs beyond CMYK. In fact, some maintain that a press proof still does not reflect the actual production run.” That said, “soft proofing can build an accurate proof from any set of measured spot values,” he explains. For example, users of ICS Remote Director “can dynamically switch selected colors and print conditions to show a client its package printed in 4-color or 6-color; offset, gravure, or flexo; #3 sheet versus a #1 sheet. The proof can be cloned to provide side-by-side comparisons of these variables, taking the guesswork out of the quality versus cost decisions,” he says.