Sign custom profiles to prepare them for use with 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. This page describes the best way to sign profiles for use with the Certified Process for Color Confirmation.
Note: The Certified Process for Color Confirmation requires signed profiles.
- In Proofer Administrator, click the Proofer icon, and click the ICC Profiles tab.
- Select the ICC profile, and click Sign. The Sign button is only available for custom profiles.
On the ICC Profiles tab, custom profiles have an Origin of Custom. Perform one of the following actions:
For a profile that will be used as Do this An input ICC profile In the Profile category list, select Input.
Do not select a media configuration for profiles that will be used as an input ICC profile. The media configuration name is not needed, and it may limit how you can use the profile. Note: Input ICC profiles appear in the Input File Color Space lists.
A simulation ICC profile In the Profile category list, select Simulation.
Do not select a media configuration for profiles that will be used as a simulation ICC profile. The media configuration name is not needed, and it may limit how you can use the profile.
A simulation device link profile In the Profile category list, select Simulation.
In the Media configuration list, select the media configuration that was used to create the profile.A halftone emulation profile In the Profile category list, select Halftone Emulation.
In the Media configuration list, select the media configuration that was used to create the profile.Note: Halftone emulation profiles appear in the Halftone Profile list on the Simulation Color Space Advanced dialog box.
A proofer profile In the Profile category list, select Proofer. In the Media configuration list, select the media configuration that was used to create the profile. All profiles To remove the signature from a profile, in the Media configuration list and the Profile category list, 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.
The terminology matches the options used on the ICC Profiles tab in the Open Connectivity Kit when you create hot folders or virtual printers.
- Click OK.