FirstPROOF has been designed to run on both Apple Macs and Window PCs.

• On the PC, Windows 10 are all supported.
• On the Mac, OS X 10.6 is supported.
• Both versions are 64-bit only.

• FirstPROOF is capable of roaming images created by Scriptworks RIPs version 3.2 and higher.
• FirstPROOF supports nearly all of the PGB formats created by the RIP with the exception of RLE.
• FirstPROOF's Hold feature is only supported in RIP versions 5.0 or higher. This is a limitation imposed by the RIP not FirstPROOF.

FirstPROOF supports most striped and tiled TIFF files, apart from JBIG, 16 bits and YCbCr/CIE-L*a*b* TIFFs.

• FirstPROOF PGB and TIFF can be upgraded to FirstPROOF Standard.
• FirstPROOF Plus can be upgraded to FirstPROOF Professional.

• If you can print it, we can view it.
• We often view 40" x 40" pages at 4000 dpi and FirstPROOF can go much higher.
• There are no 16 bit limits; in fact where required we use 64 bit data types in our code which allows us to view files over 50" x 50" at 5000 dpi and more.
• All our file I/O code is 64 bit based.
• Having said that, TIFF files are inherently 32-bit based, so you can't get a TIFF file over 2G.

• In order to roam files on most RIPs you need to disable the RIP's output. This means that while you are roaming, nothing gets imaged.
• Roaming requires a lot of CPU power and is memory intensive. This means that any jobs that are ripping will slow down while a job is being roamed.
• Users can only roam a single job at a time, so all the other operators need to wait for the user who is busy to finish before they can get to roam their jobs.

• FirstPROOF is a "Remote On Screen Proofing System" that utilises the processing power of the machine that it is installed on. This means that the RIP does not need to be disabled before the user can roam.
• As mentioned above, FirstPROOF does not use the RIP's CPU or RAM so the RIP is free to process new jobs even if someone is using FirstPROOF to roam a job.
• The fact that FirstPROOF only utilises the processing power of the machine that it is installed on means that multiple users can roam jobs from their own machines at the same time.

• FirstPROOF allows the user to put the whole Hqn RIP or certain queues into hold mode. This means that any job imaged to a RIP or queued in hold mode will not show up on the RIP but will be displayed by FirstPROOF and marked that it is on hold. Once the user has viewed the job, they can use FirstPROOF to delete the job or return it to the RIP's active queue.
• LEN / PDI / TIFF files arrive in FirstPROOF in an Input folder. When approved, they get moved to an Output folder, which is typically a TIFF catcher for the Output device. Only once the user has approved a job does it get moved and so output.

• FirstPROOF will create reduced views of the high-res image ranging from 800% to 100% to the factor that best fits in the roam window. These factors are processed in the form 800%, 400%, 200%, 100%, 50%, 25%, 12.5%, etc.
• As of FirstPROOF 5, FirstPROOF can also create reduced views of other factors, such as 33.3%, 20.0%, 16.7%, 14.3%, etc... producing much smoother more progressive zooms
• Due to the fact that processing some of the larger factors like 12.5% can take some time, FirstPROOF allows you to customise which reduction factors are processed.
• In order to maximise performance, FirstPROOF provides instantaneous access to the 800%, 400%, 200%, 100%, 50% & 25% views, but pre-processes the other views (12.5%, 6.25%, etc...) and caches them. Once the pre-processing is done, that's it - instantaneous zooming.

• FirstPROOF is not fooled by duplicate job names. The system was designed so that it is always aware of all of the components from a job.
• Unlike some RIPs, FirstPROOF displays the data in the form of Jobs which can be expanded to show the Pages and Separations that make up the job. As well as always being aware of the job components , FirstPROOF is also aware of a components status. This is conveyed to the user by means of indicators next to the Job Name and Job Component names that let the user immediately see the status of the components.
• The status indicators include:
  • Job - On Hold, Approved, Rejected, Media Saved, Waiting for Imaging, Partially Imaged, Completely Imaged, Input, Output.
  • Page - On Hold, Approved, Rejected, Media Saved, Waiting for Imaging, Partially Imaged, Completely Imaged, Input, Output.
  • Separation - On Hold, Approved, Rejected, Media Saved, Waiting for Imaging, Completely Imaged, Input, Output.
• In certain cases the whole issue gets even more confused in that the RIP cannot always get the page numbers correct and the user may end up with; e.g. Page 1 Cyan, Page 2 Magenta etc. FirstPROOF has a feature called re-map pages that will correct this problem.

• The FirstPROOF screen houses two image windows, a large roam window and a smaller navigational window. The Navigator window always shows the entire image in a reduced format and indicates by means of a green block which section of the large image the user is viewing.
• The user can jump around quickly by clicking in an area of the Navigator which will take them to the corresponding area of the larger image.
• The user can move around quickly by clicking on the red hot spot in the middle of the green block and dragging it (the green block) around.
• In some cases the Image may be extremely large so we have allowed the navigator windows to be resized to 512 x 512 pixels so that the user will always be able to see what is going on.

• Rotate the viewed image left or right.
• Flip the viewed image horizontally.
• Switch the Image from negative to positive.

• The FirstPROOF screen includes all the items that you need to proof a job in a single window. This includes a Job Info window that shares real-estate with the Navigator window when it is docked.
• The Job Info Window displays: the Output Device Name, the Jobs X and Y Resolution, the Image Width, Height and Area, the Raster Depth (e.g. 1bit or 8bit), the Interleaving Style and Number of Channels, and the File Size and File Date (latest of creation and modification date).

• FirstPROOF's new interface makes it very easy to switch colors on and off and immediately see the results in the roam window.
• So you can view the Cyan separation, then with a single click Cyan + Magenta, etc.

• FirstPROOF will allow you to proof the jobs trapping on screen which makes it the perfect companion for the new trapping in the version 6 Harlequin RIP.
• FirstPROOF also includes a show Black Trapping option which changes the black separation to 50% grey view so that the user can check any trapping that is normally hidden.
• Viewing trapping is one area where FirstPROOF's multiple reduction factors become essential, as you can zoom in and out to best view the trap.

• Changing the color of a separation in FirstPROOF really only takes a click of the mouse. The user has the option to choose colors from the predefined list or define new colors and save them to the list for future use.
• Furthermore, colors from the Color Manager can be used to 'replace' the default colors defined by either a Harlequin PGB or a TIFF file.
• Custom colors from Harlequin PGBs are automatically used when viewing the job, and furthermore can be automatically added to the Color Manager.