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The importance of contract proofs

The importance of contract proofs

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The importance of contract proofs

- [Instructor] You might think of proofing as, sort of your early warning system. You want to catch problems early. And that's why proofing is so crucial. There are several different kinds of proofs that you might encounter in your print job. There's something called scatter proofs. And these are just proofs of images or other graphics that are going to be used in the job, not in position, not in their final pages, but just all laid up so that you can check the color, make sure that any requested retouching has been done. And this is common on high-profile jobs like, product catalogs. You want to make sure that, your proofs match the actual product. If you're creating an annual report or you're printing art prints or something really expensive like coffee table books, scatter proofs, are nice early in the process to make sure that all your component pieces are as they should be. And then there are contract layout proofs.…

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