What is a profile in simple terms?
• In order for the ink to properly lay down accurate color, it must be told the exact percentages of each color ink to spray onto the media. A profile must be made for each Rip (Driver), Media, Ink Set, Printer, and Resolution combination. The profile creates a Complimentary Data Structure of the color spectrum that balances the amount of ink sprayed onto the media, thus producing accurate color. • Basically all these elements, Rip, Media, Ink Set, Printer, and Resolution, are Non Linear and dumb. They do not have the ability to accurately lay down color. What is basically created is a “Complimentary Non Linear Controller” • If without a profile the Greens were too Magenta and the Magentas were too Green, how would you control that. A profile can structures the data to be able to accurately balance every color.
