ProofMaster Plus

Product Info

Accurate communication of what final prints will look like is key to customer confidence in any print business. Unexpected results are costly, time-consuming and damage that confidence. ProofMaster Plus provides a complete quality control solution that allows you to verify and correct incoming files and provide color accurate proofs on screen and on paper.

Contractual quality for better communication between print-buyer and production

ProofMaster Plus provides effortless setup and allows for out-of the box contract proofs in line with the ISO 12647-7 and other industry color standards. Regardless of whether you’re preparing files for offset, gravure, newspaper, flexo- or screenprinting, ProofMaster Plus’ Multi Channel color engine provides an easy path to spot-on results. It plays well with specialty printing types such as packaging, consistently generating superb, color-accurate proofs and ensures those results to carry through to production and final output. 

Built for flexibility and growth 

ProofMaster Plus combines unparalleled flexibility and ease of use straight out of the box. ProofMaster consists of different modules: the Calibrator, the Editor and the RIP, allowing the separation of calibration and profiling from job preparation and actual proofing. You can easily add functionality such as 1-Bit proofing or profile creation through the different available options. 

Efficiency through automation 

If you need advanced automation and interaction with 3rd party applications, ProofMaster Flux provides automated file reception, routing and production.

ProofMaster Plus Applications

• ProofMaster Editor: Verification, correction and soft proofing.
• ProofMaster Calibrator: Printer linearization and characterization. Creation of ICC profiles.
• ProofMaster RIP: File interpretation and rasterization.
• ProofMaster Flux: Platform for file reception, routing and advanced production automation.

ProofMaster Plus Options

1Bit

• Processing of halftone 1bit TIFF files to create screened proofs

Advanced Color

• Creation of ICC Profiles
• Creation of Substrates for Substrate Simulation (Gravure and Offset uncoated stock proofs)
• Creation of Dot Gain curves and first % break off simulation (Flexo or Gravure proofs)
• Device Link profile Creation
• Device Link profile Tuning
• Custom Spot Color Tuning
• Input of tints of Spot Colors

Flux (Expected availability end Q1 2010)

• Visual, drag-and-drop workflow-design
• Flow wizard to create common flows 
• Automate file reception through email and FTP 
• Route jobs (naming conventions, file type, variables)
• Support for renaming jobs (prefix, suffix, search/replace...)

Key Features

Color, quality & Ink

• ISO 12647-7 compliant output
• Comes with FOGRA/UGRA v3 media wedge
• Precise color accuracy through standard and customized ICC profiles
• Comes with a standard editor offering a host of image editing, production tools and soft proofing, also on PDF files
• Supports Multi Channel input profiles and has full Multi Channel support
• Processes image and vector elements in Multi Channel jobs
• Drives Multi Channel printers
• Fine tunes results through DeviceLink profiles
• Works with high-end color-managed workflows (CMYK, RGB or Lab)
• Accepts all the main file formats: PS, PDF (X4, X3, X1a), EPS, PSD, AI, nCT/nLW, DCS2, TIFF (/IT) and the RAW format for digital photography
• Advanced handling of spot colors, fully CxF-compatible
• Provides a handy spot color tuner
• Can use standard and customized contact sheet templates
• Color setting import via Adobe CSF
• Improved linearization and ink-bleeding
• Supports all common spectrophotometers from X-Rite and Barbieri

Automation

• Easy set up of an unlimited number of proofing or photo printing queues and hot folders
• Automatic media optimization
• Can detect Enfocus Certified PDF®s

General

• Works on Mac OS® X (10.4-10.6) and Windows® XP Pro (Service Pack 2), Vista and 7
• Drives up to two IP/USB/FW printers as standard (choose from three printer driver categories)
• Simultaneous rendering and printing for higher efficiency

Benefits

Enable better communication between print-buyer and production

• Allows for ISO Color Standardized output
• Supports all PDF standards (GWG, PDF-X4, ...)

Achieve better quality

• Intuitive user interface allows for easy calibration profiling and fine-tuning
• ProofMaster Editor allows for last minute corrections and soft proofing
• Multi Channel color engine allows you to reproduce the colors you’ll get during the final output with the highest precision
• Substrate simulation capabilities allow you to match closely the output on media with specific textures or mimic paper with varying ink absorptions

Produce more... efficiently

• Produce more jobs per day through accurate proofing. Simply plug in additional print drivers to increase the type and amount of machines you can drive
• Check file integrity through integrated Enfocus Certified PDF® technology. ProofMaster provides both the automation capabilities and specific interactive production tools needed to produce better and more
• ProofMaster Flux automates repetitive tasks such as file reception and routing and seamlessly links 3rd party applications for advanced production automation.

System Requirements

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