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different location, photographer, designer, and client can check proofs, chat, place notes,
take densitometer readings, check production parameters, and agree on final approvals
without having to leave their locations. DALiM DiALOGUE was the first online softproofing
product for Macintosh OS X and won MacWorld “Best of Show” award at its
launch (2003). It has also been approved by Time Inc. for all its press proofs.
Version: N/A (2008)
OS: Mac OS X 10.3 and later; Linux
RAM: 512MB
Supported file formats: All major industry file formats, including PDF, PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3
(including 2003 specs), Scitex CT/LW, DCS, DCS2.0, TIFF, TIFF-IT, PostScript, EPS, and JPEG
Price level: On application
Address: Dalim Software GmbH, Strassburger Strasse 6, D-77694 Kehl am Rhein, Germany
www.dalim.com
FirstPROOF
Vendor: Hamillroad Software
Purpose: Family of pre-press soft-proofing products to add to Harlequin (or TIFF-based) RIPs
Description
The FirstPROOF family of soft-proofing products for Harlequin or TIFF-based RIPs
has brought much-needed performance improvements to the computer-to-plate (CtP)
RIP workflow. It allows you to make the kind of checks that were once possible with
film but are no longer standard with CtP—checks, among others, for moiré, orientation,
and content. It comes in three editions:
■ Lite: A simple, free utility for tracking and viewing ripped jobs.
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■ Standard: Includes high-performance viewing and navigation; zoom in/out; rotate
and mirror; search multiple RIP facility; grid and guide lines to check object alignment;
and black trap checking.
■ Pro: Includes all of the above, plus measurement tools (distances, areas, screens, and
densities); moiré inspection; ink limit tool; page registration checker; separation
handling (rotate and merge); and ROOM (“Rip Once, Output Many”) proof printing
of the separations being viewed.
Comments
FirstPROOF is well conceived and engineered. For example, being a “remote on-screen
proofing system,” it utilizes the processing power of the machine on which it is installed,
not the CPU of the RIP. You can put the RIP into “hold mode” so that it does not print