Differences in proofs to offset and coated stocks
Recently, running into issues with customers complaining about the quality of proofs compared to quality of press sheets. We only have SherpaProof Base Satin paper that we print through an Epson 9800. We are running an Apogee X system to an Avalon/Azura.
The proof look immaculate and sharp and the designer signs it off without any reservations. Yet when the customer wants the job printed on an offset stock the printed results are barely acceptable. Our pressman runs set-up sheets on a variety of stocks some of which are coated and those match the proof, but the image quality severely degrades when running the job on the customer specific offset sheet.
Are we giving customers/designers false hopes by printing their job to a coated proof sheet, but instead should be printing to an offset proof paper (any paper suggestions in the Agfa family)?
Or is there anywhere I can globally apply a curve to adjust all the images to print to the proof paper as if they are printing to an offset paper. (maybe increasing the Dot gain?)
Thanks in advance.
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