Abstract: Image color faithfulness can be improved by permanent lamination of the individual proofing sheets. Color proofing sheets are used with transparent, colorless adhesive on the backside of the sheets.

Abstract: Pre-press or photomechanical color proofs of half-tone printed products do not faithfully match the color tone values of the final half-tone printed product. This problem occurs from the fact that the printing press, in its mechanical operation, produces half-tone dots on the substrate which are larger than the dots on the printing plate or separation negative itself. It has been found that the proper tonal values for gauging the final results from the press can be obtained in the pre-press color proof by the insertion of a spacer layer between the opaque base and the applied pigment or dye containing layers.