You can very easily use your own Profiles for DeviceLink conversion with the pdfToolbox. Simply click on the “Import” button in the DeviceLink Action or in the “Convert colors with DeviceLink Profiles” Fixup, then select a Profile from your system.

An XML file with descriptive text and a PNG file with the icon (all three with identical names, differing only by the file extension) will be automatically generated. These can be customized according to your exact needs.

Please note that Profiles must end with the “icc” file extension in order to be imported.

Example XML file

<?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”UTF-8” ?>
<devicelink>
<profile lang=”ENU”>
<header>DeviceLink_ISOcoatedV2_280_GCR70</header>
<explanation>This is the descriptive text for the DeviceLink profile.</explanation>
</profile>
</devicelink>

If you make any changes to the XML file, make sure to save it in UTF-8 format.

You can also create different sets of descriptive text for different languages: simply copy the area designated “ENU” and mark it with e.g. “DEU”. If only the “ENU” section exists, it will be used for all languages.

The PNG file should be 64x64 pixels in size. It is only used in the Switchboard and only needs to be changed if you wish to use your own icon.

You can easily select and import DeviceLink Profiles using the “Import” button.

The Profile will then be stored in your user preferences (in the current library from Version 9 onwards).

The files to be used for your own DeviceLink Profiles will be stored under the following paths:

Mac:

/Users/<USERNAME>/Library/Preferences/callas software/callas pdfToolbox <VERSION>/Repositories/<CURRENT LIBRARY>/DeviceLink

Windows:

%AppData%\callas software\callas pdfToolbox <VERSION>\Repositories\<CURRENT LIBRARY>\DeviceLink

The pdfToolbox is supplied with a range of DeviceLink conversions as standard.
From Version 9 onwards, these can be found in the “DeviceLink” Library.
Starting with version 10.1, the previously required add-on license is no longer necessary and a large set of new DeviceLink profiles is included (old set of DeviceLink Profiles are attached just below).

You can also use your own DeviceLink profiles with pdfToolbox, of course.

To use your own DeviceLink Profiles, simply create a new Fixup.

Alternately, you can edit existing Fixups and create duplicates in order to e.g. produce variants depending on the objects to be converted.

To import your own DeviceLink Profiles, simply click on the “Import” button.

The input file’s color limit is over 300%.

This can be visualized in the standalone version using the “Highlight total color limit” tool in the “View” menu.

After applying the Fixup named “Convert colors using DeviceLink sheetfed offset, reduce to 300% ink limit (ISO)”, the output file has a color limit below 300%.

RGB to CMYK

Conversions between standards - Europe

Conversions between standards – Europe/Japan

Conversions between standards – Europe/US

TAC reduction