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ICC Profile Verification for Digital Printing
Allan Nengsheng Zhang
Andrew Y C Nee
Kamal Youcef-Toumi
Wen Feng Lu
Winson Lan
Bin Ma
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2004.20.1.art00079_1  Published Online :  January 2004
Abstract

Today, the ICC profile is a hot topic in the digital printing industry. However, it may not be as accurate as it should be due to insufficient data to verify that the current level of Color Management Modules (CMMs) compatibility will allow consistent processing of profiles provided by different vendors. ICC recommends a procedure for creation of an ICC profile for a particular printing system. But, it has not provided any standard method for verification of color outputs generated using the profile. This paper aims to address such problems encountered in the digital printing industry. It discusses the key issues for verification of ICC profiles, especially CMYK output profiles, in terms of accuracy and efficiency. The accuracy of an ICC profile can be improved by minimizing the error propagation in the color communication and transformation. A practical method for verification of ICC profiles for digital printing is finally introduced. It is critical for digital printing, especially for Print-On-Demand, due to the time pressure involved.

Journal Title : NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
Publisher Name : Society of Imaging Science and Technology
Publisher Location : 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA
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Allan Nengsheng Zhang, Andrew Y C Nee, Kamal Youcef-Toumi, Wen Feng Lu, Winson Lan, Bin Ma, "ICC Profile Verification for Digital Printing"  in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies (NIP20),  2004,  pp 351 - 356,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2004.20.1.art00079_1

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ICC Profile Verification for Digital Printing
ZhangAllan Nengsheng
NeeAndrew Y C
Youcef-ToumiKamal
LuWen Feng
LanWinson
MaBin
01012004
2004
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351
356
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Today, the ICC profile is a hot topic in the digital printing industry. However, it may not be as accurate as it should be due to insufficient data to verify that the current level of Color Management Modules (CMMs) compatibility will allow consistent processing of profiles provided by different vendors. ICC recommends a procedure for creation of an ICC profile for a particular printing system. But, it has not provided any standard method for verification of color outputs generated using the profile. This paper aims to address such problems encountered in the digital printing industry. It discusses the key issues for verification of ICC profiles, especially CMYK output profiles, in terms of accuracy and efficiency. The accuracy of an ICC profile can be improved by minimizing the error propagation in the color communication and transformation. A practical method for verification of ICC profiles for digital printing is finally introduced. It is critical for digital printing, especially for Print-On-Demand, due to the time pressure involved.