Chromolin proof & Freehand
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In my experience magazines still ask for Chromalins® because its the terminology they inherited. Nobody on the staff will actually have any idea what a chromalin is though. They just want a composite 'proof' to refer to.
Most people don't know what a Chromalin is these days. The closest some people get to a Chromalin is a 'digital chromalin' which is a rainbow print. A true chromalin is a stack of ultra thin layers of translucent acetate onto which coloured toner has been glued in a format that matches a printer's screen. Each screen gets a layer of acetate, and then they are carefully assembled together so the registration marks line up, and pressed to create the impression of a piece of finished print.
Purely analogue process. A Chromalin used to take skilled reprographers more than a day to create.
Digital Chromalins were just rainbow prints on photographic paper with "Chromalin® by Dupont" on the back in a repeat pattern.
A bubblejet will be acceptable.