Managing color in acrobat, See also color management, Host computer (printing) – Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional User Manual
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Managing color in Acrobat
Colors must often be converted when they are displayed to a monitor or sent to a printer.
This will always be the case when the color models do not match (for example, when
CMYK color is displayed on an RGB monitor). The techniques used for these conversions
are based on the use of ICC profiles. For managed colors, this conversion is well
understood because managed colors are described using ICC profiles. Unmanaged colors,
however, do not use ICC profiles, so one must be temporarily assumed for the purpose of
conversion. The Color Management panel of the Preferences dialog box provides profiles
for converting unmanaged colors. You can also select specific profiles based on local
press conditions.
The soft-proofing feature allows you to use your monitor to accurately see how colors in
an Adobe PDF document will look when rendered on a particular output device. (See
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At print time, you can determine whether to manage color on the host computer or on the
printer. Host-based color management gives better control over the output color space and
more predictable ICC workflows. (See
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Related Subtopics:
Using predefined color management settings
Specifying working spaces for unmanaged colors
Grayscale working space options
Specifying a color management engine