DeviceLink Add-on for pdfToolbox 8

Description

The callas DeviceLink Add-on for pdfToolbox 8 enables you to perform conversions via the supplied DeviceLink profiles.

• Includes a series of most used DeviceLink profiles for repurposing in professional printing
• Includes DeviceLink profiles for optimization of total ink coverage for standard printing conditions

DeviceLink profiles are a special form of ICC profiles, which offer a color transformation from source to destination in ONE profile. This way, each color of the source color space is directly transformed to a certain color in the destination color space. Device Link profiles are certified by the ICC (International Color Consortium).

callas DeviceLink Add-on is delivered with a package of the most common DeviceLink profiles but also offers the possibility to install your own.

Advantages of DeviceLink profiles

DeviceLink profiles complement the usage of regular ICC profiles to avoid weaknesses of a color conversion based on ICC profiles for certain tasks. These weaknesses mainly are the CMYK to CMYK transformation and e.g. the preservation of pure black text in a picture.

A CMYK to CMYK transformation with ICC profiles always is performed via the device independent Lab color space, which leads to a complete reseparation of the data with partly unpredictable and unwanted results. This does not happen with DeviceLink profiles, which offer a direct control of color composition.