Will Wonders Ever Cease?

Drop-on-demand (DOD) inkjet proofers spray CMYK-based dyes or pigment-based inks as droplets onto the proofing media to produce high-quality color proofs that accurately predict what the final jobs will look like on press. Expanded color gamuts, smaller droplet sizes, finer resolutions, better inks, and improved color management are steadily advancing inkjet’s ­acceptability as a legal contract package proof. With these developments, traditional objections are becoming all but moot for most packaging applications. New multi-channel printheads deliver a higher level of fine detail. Finally, UV-curable wide-format printers offer the flexibility to output on a variety of packaging-friendly substrates that can be folded, scored, wrapped, or otherwise manipulated for the production of accurate comps and prototypes.