Proof simulation

[Steve Pollock <spollock@rte-mkt.com>]

Don't see much mention here of CMYK workflows, but here goes...

The ad agency where I work has recently acquired a 1520 in an attempt to
provide better color internally than is possible w/ our Canon/Fiery to
date.  PressReady seems to be doing a respectable job handling the
PostScript end of things and color is decidedly in the ballpark.  All in
all, a remarkable improvement.

Couple questions--

Can anyone recommend a paper w/ characteristics like the commercial
proofing stock that our prepress vendors use for their analog and
digital proofs?  Epson glossy paper is so much brighter and bluer so as
to make it fairly useless in eventual comparisons.  My experiment using
Dupont Waterproof digital proofing paper failed miserably w/ the Epson
ink sitting on top in a wet puddle.

With respect to PressReady, does anyone know whether it's actually doing
a CMYK>CMYK transform on-the-fly (from my declared  Sheetfed Coated to
Epson/Glossy Paper), or is there something more malignant going on?
What I'd *like* to do, if possible, is create a custom profile for the
paper I settle on and somehow trick the PressReady driver into
displaying it in its Paper Type drop-down.  Am I in uncharted territory
(again)?

Steve

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