Acrobat Distiller 5 (Compatibility Acrobat 4) Color Generation

Color Management Policy

Input PostScript example Leave color unchanged Tag everything Tag only images Convert to sRGB
CIEBased vector ABC (CalRGB) internal InD 1.52 RGB object, PCM activated CalRGB -> sRGB
ABC (CalRGB)+ Illustrator 9.02 RGB object, PCM activated -> ICC (matching ICC profile if found, else PostScript CSA Profile)
DEFG (CalCMYK) internal InD 1.52 CMYK object, PCM activated -> ICC (PostScript CSA Profile)
DEFG (CalCMYK)+ Illustrator 9.02 CMYK object, PCM activated ->ICC (matching ICC profile if found, else PostScript CSA Profile)
ABC (Lab) internal InD 1.52 Lab object, PCM activated Lab
raster ABC (CalRGB) Photoshop 5 RGB image, PCM activated CalRGB* -> sRGB
ABC (CalRGB)+ Photoshop 6 RGB image, PCM activated ->ICC*
DEFG (CalCMYK) Photoshop 5 CMYK image, PCM activated

-> ICC

DEFG (CalCMYK)+ Photoshop 6 CMYK image, PCM activated ->ICC
ABC (Lab) Photoshop 5 or 6 Lab image, PCM activated

Lab

Device

vector

RGB or CMYK internal InD 1.52 RGB or CMYK object, PCM deactivated Device  ICC working space assigned Device sRGB assigned
Gray
raster RGB or CMYK Photoshop 5 or 6 RGB or CMYK object, PCM deactivated   sRGB assigned
Gray Device
Special   DeviceN DeviceN

+ means CSA created from ICC profile, with keys (creation date, rendering intent, description, color space, copyright)