Color management

You can specify ICC (International Color Consortium) color profiles in AFP output.

Color profile resources can be handled by the AFP driver using the following modes:

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For more information about modes for handling resources, see Modes for managing AFP resources.

Hierarchy of color profiles in AFP output

Color profiles can be specified at three levels in AFP output:

•	For the entire AFP data stream file.

•	For a page in the AFP data stream file.

•	For a specific image.

Color profiles specified at page level override color profiles specified for the entire AFP data stream.

Color profiles specified for image objects override color profiles specified at page level and for the entire AFP data stream.

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Hierarchy of color profile settings in the AFP driver

Specifying color profiles

For information about specifying color profiles see:

•	Specifying a color profile for the AFP data stream.

•	Specifying a color profile for a page.

•	Specifying color profiles for external images.

Further color management information

For more information about color profiles refer to the CMOCA (Color Management Object Content Architecture).