ICC-based CMS & Its Color Matching Performance.

Color matching between proofs and press sheets has not been a trivial task. Differences in colorants, solid ink density, and dot gain between hard copy output devices are some of the reasons that proofs and press sheets don't match. The International Color Consortium (ICC) has developed a system-level color management tool which is aimed at improving color rendering between various imaging devices. In this paper, the ICC-based color matching experiments were performed with the use of a four-color sheet-fed offset press, a film-based color proofer, and a thermal dye transfer process. Specifically, we investigated if ICC-based CMS can help an analog color proofer and a continuous-tone digital color proofer improve its color matching to a reference press sheet. Experimental findings based on observer analysis using rank ordering, and colorimetric analysis between proofs and press sheets were discussed.