The Proof Is In The Precision

"All in all, soft proofing is gaining ground," he says, "but there are drawbacks, particularly when it comes to color accuracy."

Chris Van Duker, product manager for RIPit, characterizes soft proofing this way:

"Soft proofing is important—with limitations. Whenever you go from one RIP to another you can never be certain they're going to interpret a file in exactly the same way."