The Certified Process for Color Confirmation requires signed profiles. This topic describes the best way to sign profiles for use with the Certified Process for Color Confirmation.
You can sign only custom profiles. You cannot sign Kodak profiles, because Kodak has already signed them. You sign custom profiles by selecting either a media configuration or a profile category, or both.
- In Proofer Administrator, click the Proofer icon, and then click the ICC Profiles tab.
- Select the ICC profile, and click Sign.
The Sign button is available only for custom profiles. On the ICC Profiles tab, custom profiles have an Origin of Custom. - Perform one of the following actions and click OK.
The terminology matches the options used on the ICC Profiles tab in the Open Connectivity Kit when you create hot folders.
| For a profile that will be used as | In the Profile category list | In the media configuration list |
|---|---|---|
An input ICC profile Note: Input ICC profiles appear in the Input File Color Space lists. | Select Input. | Do not select a media configuration for profiles that will be used as an input ICC profile or a simulation ICC profile. The media configuration name is not needed, and the media configuration name may limit how you can use the profile. |
| A simulation ICC profile | Select Simulation. | |
| A simulation DeviceLink profile | Select Simulation. | Select the media configuration that was used to create the profile. |
A halftone emulation profile Note: Halftone emulation profiles appear in the Halftone Profile list on the Simulation Color Space Advanced dialog box. | Select Halftone Emulation. | |
| A proofer profile | Select Proofer. | |
| All profiles | To remove the signature from a profile, select None. Remember that you cannot use unsigned profiles with the Certified Process for Color Confirmation. Profiles without a category appear in all unfiltered lists—they never appear in filtered lists. | To remove the signature from a profile, select None. |