Direct Digital Color Proofing (DDCP): Close, But No Cigar

In conjunction with Dunn Technology's DDCP report, a market applications matrix is presented. The market segments, creative, production, and printing are comprised of subdivisions, such as Concept Creation, Composition and Register, and Plate Ready Film. DDCP will be going into the high quality color market because that is the market that bought CEPS. The reason for tens of millions of dollars being directed toward direct digital color proofing research is the need for the same proof throughout. There are very few technologies that will permit realistic direct digital color proofing. Some of the possibilities explored include technologies from Kodak, 3M, Fuji, DuPont, and Kodak.