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ICC
The International Color Consortium established in 1993 by eight industry vendors (including Adobe Systems) to create, promote, and encourage the standardization and evolution of an open, vendor-neutral, cross-platform color management system architecture and components.
ICC Device Profile
A file that describes how a particular device (e.g., monitor, scanner, printer, or proofer) reproduces color (i.e., its specific color space). Profiles can be either generic or custom.
- Generic device profiles are created by the device manufacturer, who examines the color characteristics of a group of the same devices under controlled conditions, using device profiling software and instruments.
- Custom device profiles are created for a individual device, using a color measuring instrument (e.g., a spectrophotometer or colorimeter) and device profiling software. Custom device profiles are far more accurate than generic device profiles, but cost more to create.