A laminated presentation of color for a printed piece. Used primarily when the printed piece requires four-color process printing.
A print made using the actual plates used in a job that is used to check for color accuracy and other errors.
A form of a four-colour-process proofing system.
Colour proof in which the layers for the four process colours are exposed and then fused together to create the proof. Additional spot colour layers may also be added.
3M brand name for a four-color-process proofing system.
A color proofing system developed by 3M. A high quality proofing system.
This is the final proof of a graphic before it is printed. At 1st World Library, Match Prints are used when producing the book cover. It is evaluated by the graphic artist in order to verify that the colors are identical with those in the original artwork.
a print ers Contract Proof made from the same halftone negative film that will be used to burn the actual offset printing plate s
An art proof printed from films. See also Proof.
Photographic proof made from the actual film used for print production.
contact-frame produced material used for proofing four-color art, negatives and imposed flats. The colors generated by this process will most closely resemble the final printed product. This proof can be used for color guidance at press side.
A full color single print produced using the film/negatives for color verification before starting to an entire press run.
3M trade name for integral color proof.
Match prints are composite photographs of color separations made by exposing film through the four negatives of the separation. Match prints represent the best pre-press method of verifying the trueness of color separations. Their use incurs an additional expense of $10 - $25 per print.
A four-color-process, film-based proof, excellent for checking color accuracy before printing.
Photographic proof made from all color flats and form composite proof showing color quality as well as accuracy, layout, and imposition before plates are made.
A color proof made from the printing negatives for a four-color process piece. This is the most accurate color proof available for analog presses.
A generic term which refers to a composite color proof. Specifically, a brand name for a form of a four-color-process proofing system manufatured by 3M.
A direct digital colour-proofing process that allows the printer to see the colours desired in the final printing.