User's Manual

ICC profiles

• Stability of the devices. If you downloaded a profile of a particular monitor, it does not necessarily

mean that your monitor produces the same colors, even though it concerns exactly the same

model. Every device can be different and should be profiled separately for optimal results.

• Stability in time of the device. The colors of the device might have drifted since the profile was

made.

Also bear in mind that ICC has standardized the dataformat of the profiles, not the characterization of

devices, for colormatching. ICC allows for private tags which makes that a profile can contain

information that cannot be read by everyone.

In other words, if you have a proofer profile which produced good results with a particular RIP, it does

not mean that it will yield the same results with FlexProof because of the private tags.

Exporting to ICC profiles

All types of Esko profiles (except special color and multi color profiles) can be converted to ICC

profiles. Proceed as follows:

1. Go the ICC profiles dialog box.

2. Choose which kind of ICC profile you want to generate (monitor, printer).

; Note

There are no 'native' scanner profiles to be exported by Color Kit.

3. Go to the 'File' menu and choose 'New'.

4. Choose the Esko profile you want to export.

5. Choose a quality and a Gamut Mapping Technique.

6. Go to the 'File' menu and choose 'Save as'.

7. Enter a name and click 'OK'.

The ICC profile will now be calculated.

; Note

Depending on the quality chosen and the speed of your computer, calculation time may vary.