WINDOWS ICM COLOR MATCHING
•ICM is the color management system built into Windows.
•Affects RGB data only.
•Can be associated with either the PCL or PS driver
Windows ICM uses ICC profiles for your monitor and printer; these profiles describe the colors that your device is capable of reproducing. ICC profiles can be associated with your printer via the Color Management tab of the printer driver.
Depending on how you have installed the printer driver, the color profiles may already be associated with the driver.
To associate ICC Color Profiles with the printer driver:
1.Click Start Settings Printers.
2.Highlight the printer name and click File, then Properties.
3.Click the Color Management tab.
4.Under “Color Profiles currently associated with this printer”, you should see the names of profiles that match your printer model. If you do not see any profiles associated with the driver, click “Add…” and locate the ICC profiles for your printer.
Windows ICM uses the information in these profiles to convert colors in your documents to colors that the printer can reproduce. The way in which this conversion is performed can be controlled via the ICM Intent control in the printer driver
NOTE
Oki also provides an alternative to Windows ICM with the Color Match “Using ICC Profiles” feature. This is similar to Windows ICM, but offers several additional features.
