Color-conversion settings


When you choose color profiles, colors are matched between devices as closely as possible by the color management module (CMM) of the Microsoft Image Color Management (ICM), which is the default CMM. Color management modules are also known as "color engines."

You can also use the Adobe CMM if it is installed on your computer.

Handling pure black and grayscale colors

You can preserve pure black color in the destination color space during color conversion. For example, if you are converting an RGB document to a CMYK color space, pure RGB black (R=0, G=0, B=0) can be mapped to pure black CMYK colors (K=100). This option is recommended for grayscale documents or documents that contain mostly text. Note that preserving pure black during color conversion may create solid edges of black in effects and gradient fills that contain black.

By default, grayscale colors are converted to the CMYK black (K) channel. This process ensures that all grayscale colors print as shades of black, and no cyan, magenta, and yellow inks are wasted during printing.

To choose color-conversion settings

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1 Click Tools Color Management.
2 Click the Default tab.
3 In the Color conversion area, choose a color engine from the Color engine list box.

 

You can also
Do the following
Keep pure black in the source color space as pure black in the destination color space
Enable the Preserve pure black check box.
Map grayscale colors to CMYK black during conversion
Enable the Map gray to CMYK black check box.

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