What Are Device Color Profiles - Microtek ScanMaker 4700 User Manual

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information about your monitor—stored in the Monitor Color Profile—to
translate the image from the Profile Connection Space to your monitor
color space, where you see it displayed.
In this example, the scanner is the "source" device, and the monitor is the
"destination" device.
When you print the image, the CMS again translates the image data from
the monitor's RGB color space to the printer's RGB color space—using the
information about both devices as stored in their Color Profiles.
So, although all of the devices in this example use different device
dependent color spaces, the CMS is able to translate between them and
produce accurate, predictable color.

What are Device Color Profiles

Color Management Systems use Device Color Profiles to interpret color
data between devices. DCPs are a collection of one or more ICC Profile
data files. ICC Profiles contain color characteristics of a given device
(input, display, or output).
ICC profiles conform to the International Color Consortium profile
specification, allowing the same device profiles to be used across multiple
platforms.
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