Reproductions pulled from a plate for final examination before printing, or from type from assembly on art boards.
The final design of an issue prepared by the printing company as a sample for the issuing authority, but not of course intended for circulation. Proofs are always printed on a different type of paper from that used for the final issue, whereas specimen notes are on the same paper. See also Essay-Proofs.
A trial print used for proofreading.
The complete typeset pages of a book for review before the book goes to press.
Black & white copy or artwork to be printed, used to mark corrections.
The output from the typesetting process, these are sent to the author and the proof-readers, who will check that the typesetters have not introduced errors into the book. At this stage corrections can still be made on a manuscript, but it can be very costly, especially if corrections lead to a change in pagination.
The proof would procede the published book. [Back to the Top
The typeset pages of a book before it is printed.
Precede the published book. The normal course of events would be galley proof, uncorrected bound proof and advance reading copy bound in paperwraps.