COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING -- Strategies for a "Smart Fa

These referenced printing conditions complete the calibration step, and all that is left is to connect the press by transmitting this information. As mentioned, the ICC (International Color Consortium) is responsible for the color management portion of the connection process.

ICC has been a "work in progress" for too long and, at the end of 2000, some major changes were made to the standard, which should have greatly improved interoperability between systems by now. However, there is still a need for ICC to address a "graphic arts workflow," which will allow the sender to indicate how the image reproduction should be done.