RealTimeProof Online Proofing Solution

Proofing, the last obstacle to digital workflow

Modern digital workflows – from computer imposition to digital printing have reduced the print production cycle from days to hours. However, the process of proofing and sample making is still slow, lengthy and error-prone.

Modern printing jobs often require many collaborators - company marketers, designers, copyright authors, legal departments, prepress specialists, printers, and more participants, for print projects that require hundreds of proofing and modification needs. It is a nightmare. In general, the time and effort spent on proofing and auditing is far greater than that of print production.

Print Customers – Whether publishers, advertising agencies, or corporate groups, each product brochure, leaflet, and other public release they distribute each time is associated with his/her company's reputation. The printing must be perfect, which means that each print job undergoes many corrections and changes until it finally reaches the satisfaction of the customer.

Each correction and modification means outputting a print proofing or a Cromarting proofing, calling the courier service, waiting for the arrival of the printing proofs, waiting for the customer's inspection, remarking the proofs, and waiting for the marked proofing to return with the express delivery – Then send the revised proofs again and hopefully this is the final proofing output. If you need to get approval from more than one person, this process will become more complicated. For example, one day, when end-users, advertising agencies, and designers all need to participate in the changes, the proofing process will become a nightmare.

The business model of proofing has changed

The troubles of prepress suppliers did not stop there. The competition in the prepress and printing markets has become fierce. Prices are falling, and everyone has the latest and best equipment, which makes it increasingly difficult to maintain loyal customers.

For competition, prepress suppliers are looking for new products and services. In order to generate new profit streams, they will try to win over customers in various ways, even if it is only a penny.

Online remote proofing, is there such a solution?

There seems to be no simple solution to the various troubles that arise from proofing. Online remote proofing requires an application to allow customers to access the prepress vendor at any time. It is possible to view and annotate up to 100 megabytes of files through any type of connection, and even some are in copyrighted format. Of course, the customer needs a simple interface, like a web browser, that can be automatically downloaded and processed so that it can be used by customers who lack technical capabilities. Ordinarily familiar, it is impossible or impossible for a customer to use a 28K connection speed on a PC with only 32 megabytes of memory to view 500 MB of interpreted files.

About RealTimeProof

RealTimeProof? is a network-based, collaborative proofing solution that provides previously unachievable accuracy and image quality for remote soft and hard proofing.

By using an efficient Internet, RealTimeProofTM has created a first-rate proofing process that allows partners in the process to work together on the original, full-resolution production document at the same time.
Based on breakthrough image streaming technology, pixel-on-demand (Pixels-On-Demand) technology, billions of high-resolution files can be opened for viewing in seconds, even in dial-up mode. achieve.

The user only needs to have a Mac or PC with a web browser, and it is free to download and proofread the original document whenever and wherever.

RealTimeProof is the leading online proofing solution for advertising companies, prepresses, printing companies, design companies and publishers serving the graphic arts industry.

solution

RealTimeProof has developed Pixels-on-Demand(R), a revolutionary technology-on-demand pixel extraction technology that enables large-format files to be viewed in a seemingly impossible manner in today's broadband connections.

The working principle of the on-demand pixel extraction technology is to deliver the appropriate data stream according to the resolution required by the client, or to transmit it to a local proofing device. On-demand pixel extraction technology includes a built-in Adobe CPSI RIP, so vector files can display true details with resolutions up to 2450 dpi.

This technology works by: RealTimeProof (RTP) clients browse images from the RTP server, the server will provide accurate image preview regardless of the client's screen size.

When the customer needs more detail, using zooming on the image, Pixels-on-Demand knows how much data should be transmitted to achieve the resolution the customer wants to watch. In the 1:1 mode, customers can see the real dot-files on the original file, and can even zoom in and view some important information, such as trapping. When waiting for a large file to download under a slow connection, the user can also use the screen prompts to understand the progress of the file download.

RealTimeProof Benefits for Printers

RealTimeProof is low cost, reduces downtime, and provides a new sales tool

Better communication with customers - Using RealTimeProof and the Internet to connect, customers can track their work, provide quick feedback, shorten proofing cycles, and detect errors early. Customers can clearly know the progress of their work, and printers can immediately See the customer's personal reply.

Production management is easier - production management systems can track jobs without geographical distance constraints. Long-distance customers and production plants can be managed more easily - job tracking is simplified, the waiting time for hard proof transmissions is reduced, and customers' changing needs can be known more accurately.

Better Benefits - RealTimeProof helps you to retain your existing customers with better service and get new customers because you can provide differentiated services from competitors. RealTimeProof also reduces labor, materials and delivery cost of.

Better customer maintenance - By maintaining online customer documentation, it is easier to maintain relationships with customers.