About ICC Profiles

What Is an ICC Profile?

Among profiles, the ICC profile is the standard and used in the color management system complied with ICC (International Color Consortium). There are ICC profiles for a monitor, printer, etc. and they are used to convert each device's unique colors to a common color space. By correctly setting ICC profiles, representation and printing in a common color space can be made possible.

Digital Camera	Input	Conversion	Output	Monitor
		A common color space
Load a photo	Load the image's ICC profile		Load the monitor's ICC profile	Display the image

ICC profiles can be obtained from the DVD/CD-ROM supplied with the monitor or printer, or from the manufacturer's website. In addition, you can create custom profiles by using a measuring instrument and application.

ICC Profiles for Monitors

Monitor ICC profiles are provided depending on the model.

Contact the corresponding manufacturer for how to obtain them and how to install them.

How to Obtain and Install ICC Profiles for Printing

Canon provides ICC profiles for genuine Canon paper and third party paper. The ICC profiles are provided after being adjusted and checked one by one so that the print result suitable for each type of paper can be obtained.

Canon ICC Profile Labels

When you need to specify an ICC profile, specify the ICC profile for the paper to print on. The ICC profiles provided by Canon appear as follows.

PRO-6000, PRO-6000S, PRO-4000, PRO-4000S, PRO-2000, PRO-1000 series, PRO-560, PRO-560S, PRO-540, PRO-540S, PRO-520, and PRO-500 series printers:

PRO-10S series, PRO-100S series, PRO-10 series, PRO-100 series, and PRO-1 v1-1 series printers:

• (1) Printer model name

  Multiple model names appear for ICC profiles that can be used on multiple models.

• (2) Print quality

  This corresponds to the Custom slider of Print Quality in the printer driver and application. The lower the number, the finer the quality. Print quality may not appear for some ICC profiles.

• (3) Media type

  The following is an example. Supported media types vary depending on your printer.

  For some ICC profiles, "-P" may appear at the end of the media type. With such profiles, the print result will be the same whether you select Perceptual or Relative Colorimetric for the rendering intent.