Re: Dummy profile
Re: Dummy profile
- Subject: Re: Dummy profile
- From: Steve Upton <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:49:27 -0800
At 10:29 PM +0200 2/12/04, Jouni Mustonen wrote:
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Dear list readers,
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I was wondering if it is possible to create "dummy" ICC profile that doesn't
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do anything?
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Sounds stupid, but I suspect that one rip (no names here) doesn't allow me
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to switch off output profile and that way it affects my target when printed.
It's not stupid at all it's a struggle we deal with every day.
A normal device profile is like having a translator from English to Esperanto. Plug it together with another device profile and you get a conversion from Esperanto to (say) German. Esperanto (like the Profile Connection Space - PCS) is they key. With it you only need to have translators that convert half way.
As a result profiles are only half the conversion and you will always get Esperanto (Lab) from a profile.
If you want to circumnavigate some wayward color management system you may have some luck with a device link profile. Device link profiles are not supported in very many applications but they may be supported in your RIP. Then you'll have the ability to convert from CMYK directly to CMYK.
This does require a specialized "null" device link profile however. If you find your RIP will support links, let me know and I'll send you a null link profile.
Regards,
Steve
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