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The results from a study concerning digital and remote proofing will be presented in this paper. Remote proofing i.e. to send a digital file and then subsequently print it on a printer or a copier or to perform it on a screen remote will make a faster communication possible between a prepress company and an advertising agency. The potential of remote proofing was analysed with aspects of the security of digital file transfer in terms of file formats, transmission technology and colour consistency. The study is carried out by Framkom in co-operation with ten companies representing the graphic arts industry. Together with Framkom, these companies are linked in a network in which full-scale tests have been carried out. A special test form has been developed for the tests performed in this study. With regard to colour consistency, calibration issues, and colour management there has been made a comparison between different proofing systems. The reference in the study was a digital printing press. The colour deviation, between proofs and reference, was expressed in DE* for a chosen amount of colour patches.