Had Facts About Soft Proofs

Although only one party assumes the primary investment of implementing this and other Web-based collaborative solutions, many printers and prepress shops may charge customers a moderate fee to use these collaborative soft-proofing tools.

• CreoScitex Synapse InSite software suite (www.creoscitex.com) provides a similar service with similar tools. InSite, however, is bought by the printer or prepress shop and managed locally. Customers can collaborate online by reviewing full-resolution production PDF files that have gone through the local printer’s or prepress house’s RIP and are ready to image to plate.