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Color proofing is an important element of the color reproduction process. It is used to predict the appearance of the final reproduction and to monitor and control the many steps of the reproduction process. The conventional analog proofing process is expensive, complex, and slow. With the advanced digital printing technologies, such as thermal dye transfer and ink jet technology, one is able to produce color image inexpensively, more easily and more quickly. However, because the mechanism of these technologies are very different from press, matching color of digital printers to analog proofers is the key to digital proofing. In this paper, a method of doing device-independent high quality color matching is described. Color matching issues on different types of digital printing technologies will also be addressed.