Prinergy Virtual Proofing System Plus (VPS+) allows you to preview pages/artwork and impositions/layouts that have been output as one-bit VPS or TIFF files. You can use VPS+ to identify errors before physical proofs or plates are made. Use Prinergy VPS+ software to check imposition/layouts, registration, layered PDF versioning, trapping, image placement and color breaks.
VPS+ was developed to replace the functionality of the Kodak Virtual Proofing Software (VPS), originally created almost 25 years ago. The code base for the original VPS, now referred to as "VPS Classic", has reached the end of development life and is not compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur, 12.0 Monterey and above. There will be no more development of VPS Classic, as the coding environment used to create it is no longer available. Prinergy users who require soft proofing on the latest macOS must use VPS+.
In VPS+, the functionality of VPS Classic has been merged with the functionality of Kodak TIFF Assembler Plus software. This combination of features provides a comprehensive suite of soft-proofing tools, as well as flexographic layout tools, and a toolkit of features for the reformatting of one-bit TIFF files.
VPS+ is still under development and although we continue to work hard to provide all equivalent functionality with VPS Classic, there are still functional gaps. We continue to close these gaps with each new release.
Currently, we recommend that VPS+ only be installed on macOS systems that do not support VPS Classic. For legacy macOS and Windows systems, we recommend users continue to use VPS Classic.
By default, the Workshop installer only installs VPS+ on macOS 10.15, 11.0 and 12.0. If the Workshop installer detects a legacy macOS or Windows OS, it will install VPS Classic.
VPS+ Modes
Kodak Prinergy VPS+ can operate in two different modes, depending on your production requirements. These modes can be switched in Preferences.
Commercial mode provides a simplified UI familiar to VPS Classic users, and is primarily for the viewing of impositions for digital and commercial offset printing requirements. Only Commercial Mode allows front and back viewing of impositions.
Packaging mode is primarily for flexographic printing requirements. This mode is used to create flexographic or offset plate layouts, and provides utilities and reformatting tools for one-bit TIFFs.