DocuProof 1250 is 1st Fuji Xerox engine to win 3DAP approval

At last night’s Sydney presentation of the DocuProof 1250 (left to right) Harry Kontos, KPG, Luke Mortlock, Henryk Kraszewski, and Brett Maishman, of Fuji Xerox Australia, and Ross Gilberthorpe, KPG.

The approval came on the eve of the Sydney presentation of the toner-based proofer, which was first launched at this year’s PrintEx03. The recognition is significant, according to Henryk Kraszewski, Production Colour Manager, Fuji Xerox.

“The DocuProof 1250 sets a new standard of proofing for many companies in the industry who never realised just how simple it is to provide high quality proofs. Working with KPG we are delivering the most effective proofing solution in the industry,” he said.

The 3DAP accreditation, although designed as a set of digital colour proofing guidelines for the publication industry, has widespread recognition throughout the commercial printing industry as a de facto standard.

According to committee member Bruce Sinnott of IPMG, 3DAP approval is being sought by an increasing number of vendors. “There is heaps of demand at the moment. We’re getting lots of requests from the vendors,” he said.

He indicated a review of the approval process is underway with the committee seeking a different colour space instead of the Cromalin proof now in place. “Not many people make analogue Cromalins any more,” he said.

It could all become academic in the near future. Sinnott flagged a falloff in paper proofs as a general practice in the industry, citing anecdotal evidence of more people happy to send off a file without an accompany proof. “CTP is so accurate these days,” he said.

The DocuProof joins a list of other proofing methods approved this year.

• Two COLORBUS Cyclone Proofers
• Two Best Colorproofs
• A new Kodak Polychrome Graphics configuration
• Four Cyrachrome EPSON and CANON configurations
• New Agfa Sherpa Proofing configuration.