DeviceLink Profile

With a name entered, click Save to save it.

Select a rendering intent.

Rendering Intents

• Perceptual
• Relative
• Saturation
• Absolute
• Standard Compression
• Black point Compression
• Dynamic Compression
• Absolute Compression
• Minimum White Compression
• Relative Colorimetric
• Absolute Colorimetric
• Minimum Compression

Optimize the color conversion of a secondary color plus black to prevent contamination.

Select to convert the triplex color to the most suitable color represented in the target color space consisting only of the triplex colors.

Note: Contains exceptions: Duplex, Primaries, Secondaries, Gray, and 100% Black.

Optimize the color conversion of a primary color plus black to prevent contamination.

Select to convert the duplex color to the most suitable color represented in the target color space consisting only of the duplex colors.

Note: Contains exceptions: Primaries, Secondaries, Gray, and 100% Black.

Protects single-color structure of Black from 0% to 100%.

For RGB, Gray ensures gray is composed of equal RGB value proportions.

For conversion from RGB source to a CMYK target, Gray ensures gray is black only.

Note: Contains exceptions: 100% Black, and White.

Ensure black is always 100% K, 0% CMY.

For conversion from RGB (0,0,0) to CMYK, ensures black is 100% K.

Calculates the best color correct vale with the highest level of saturation.

R, G, B corresponds to combinations MY, CY, and CM.

Maximum saturation (100%) of the higher color value and the second color value is optimized colorimetrically.

Note: To ensure 100% red remains 100% red, use 100% RGB.

Protects single-color structure of primary colors.

Calculates the L*a*b value of source profile primary color and finds the best primary color match in the target profile.

Note: When disabled, can cause color contamination of primaries in the target profile.

Select individual primaries to allow protection of individual primaries.

Protects the two-color structure of secondary colors.

Calculates the L*a*b value of source profile secondary color and finds the best secondary color match in the target profile.

Note: When disabled, can cause color contamination of secondaries in the target profile.

Select individual secondaries to allow protection for individual secondaries.

Protects paper white. Use for absolute colorimetric simulation for proofing.

Select from the following options as a separation method:

• Target Profile: Uses the profile of the selected target.

• Under Color Removal (UCR): Uses less black ink and more CMY than with GCR.
• Grey Component Replacement (GCR): Enables the GCR Amount slider to calculate amount of black vs. CMY.
• Minimum Black (MinK): Uses minimum amount of black ink; CMY amounts are higher.
• Maximum Black (MaxK): Uses maximum amount of black ink; CMY amounts are lower.

• Preserve Separation: Preserves separation of black ink and CMY composed black.
  Note: Always select Enhance Shadows.

• Preserve Black: Retains the black channel; makes the source profile's black value linear.

• Save Ink: Uses black ink instead of CMY.

Note: All calculations below are based on this selection.

Corresponds to the amount of black used instead of CMY; increasing the value increases the amount of black (at 100, black is linear). Lower values affect shadows and higher ranges affect light and dark areas.

Note: Only available if Grey Component Replacement (GCR) mode is selected.

Use the slider to control the black width. This is the range of values outside of the neutral area in which to generate black.

Lower values correspond to less black being used as the width does not fall outside of the neutral zone.

Higher values correspond to more black as the width falls outside of the neutral zone and more gray is visible.

Creates a smooth transition to black.

• 0% = only CMY is converted; black is linear.
• 100% = exact colorimetric reproduction.

Note: The default value (80) is recommended.

Select from the following options:

• Automatic: The best dark and neutral black points are calculated automatically.
• Balanced CMY: CMY are all equal and the best black point is neutral. Max ink is determined based on printing conditions.
• Custom: Select to enter custom values.
• Target Profile: Uses the target profile's calculation method.