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Color management
About color management system (CMS)
Since devices such as a digital camera, scanner, monitor, or printer
produce color differently, the printing result looks different from
the image you see on the display. To adjust the color between
devices, use the color management system. Both Windows and
Mac OS X have a color management system as their standard
feature. Also, some image editing software support the color
management system.
Each operating system supports the color management system,
such as ICM for Windows and ColorSync for Mac OS. When
performing color management using the printer driver, the color
management system of the operating system is also used. In this
color management system, a color definition file called the ICC
profile is used for performing color matching between devices.
The ICC profile is prepared for each printer model and each media
type. For a digital camera, the color domain of sRGB, AdobeRGB,
etc., may be specified as the profile.
In color management, the profile of an input device is called an
input profile (or source profile), and an output device, such as a
printer, is called a printer profile (or output profile).
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