An Input Profile corrects color shifts in the image file.

Rendering Intents controls how a profile is applied and how the colors are mapped from one gamut to another.

An Output Profile corrects color shifts due to idiosyncrasies in the media, ink, and printer options.

DeviceLink profiles directly encode a transform between two profiles, such as an input and output profile. This can result in more accurate profiles, and the ability to use different profiles for CMYKSystem for describing colors based on a combination of values for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black; the ink colors used in four-color process printing. In theory, 100% of Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow create Black. In practice, the addition of Black ink is necessary to print a true Black. See also RGBSystem for describing colors based on a combination of values for Red, Green, and Blue—the additive primaries. RGB is the basic additive color model used for color video display. Mixing various percentages of red, green, and blue light can recreate most of the spectrum; combining 100% of all three creates white light. See CMYK, Additive Color.. and RGB images and elements, even from the same PDF file.

 

With DeviceLink+™ from ONYX, DeviceLink profiles are automatically created as needed, allowing you to make fast, effective output profile changes without printing and measuring new swatches.