(v13) Color management
This page applies to Harlequin v13.1r0 and later; and to Harlequin Core but not Harlequin MultiRIP.
The Harlequin Core SDK supports embedded ICC profiles in jobs and devicelink ICC profiles. For more information see (v13) ICC Device link profile support.
Key color management features, such as color rendering dictionaries (CRDs) and color space interception, are accessible from Harlequin Core SDK. However, code to support the generation of CRDs and the importing of ICC profiles is not built-in (as it is in Harlequin ColorPro). Therefore, you must enable these features by extending the service layer skinkit.
For more information on how to extend the service layer skinkit see (v13) Harlequin Core Device specifications, the Extensions Manual, and the Harlequin ColorPro User's Guide.
The RIP component provides the following color management:
- An ICC v4 compatible color management engine is integrated within the RIP component.
- Vector, text, and image data defined in
sRGB,scRGB,N-Color,andICCtagged color spaces is supported and color managed to the output space. - For RGB output, the output color space is
sRGB. - The output color space is
SWOP (CGATS TR001).
To integrate third-party color management modules see the API Reference Manual.