A method for producing proof data for a blank of a package in an
electronic reproduction system for packages includes linking CAD data
from a CAD system and graphic data from a graphic system to form blank
data, and using the blank data in a sheet assembly system to produce
printing data describing a printed sheet. From a blank of the finished
assembled printed sheet, proof data for output in a proof system is
derived, the proof data containing all the changes to the graphic data of
the blank that have been made in the sheet assembly system. The proof
data can describe a two-dimensional or three-dimensional proof.