Acrobat Distiller 5 (compatibility Acrobat 5) Color Generation

Color Management Policy

Input PostScript example Leave color unchanged Tag only image Tag everything Convert to sRGB
vector A (CalGray) CalGray -> sRGB
A (CalGray)+ -> ICC (matching ICC profile if found, else PostScript CSA Profile)
CIEBased ABC (CalRGB) internal InD 1.52 RGB object, PCM activated CalRGB
ABC (CalRGB)+ internal 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)+ internal 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 A (CalGray) CalGray -> sRGB
A (CalGray)+ Photoshop 6 gray image, PCM activated (PS and EPS) -> ICC (matching ICC profile if found, else PostScript CSA Profile)
ABC (CalRGB) Photoshop 5 RGB image, PCM activated CalRGB
ABC (CalRGB)+ Photoshop 6 RGB image, PCM activated (PS and EPS) ->ICC (matching ICC profile if found, else PostScript CSA Profile)
DEFG (CalCMYK) Photoshop 5 CMYK image, PCM activated

-> ICC(PostScript CSA Profile)

DEFG (CalCMYK)+ Photoshop 6 CMYK image, PCM activated (PS and EPS) ->ICC (matching ICC profile if found, else PostScript CSA Profile)
ABC (Lab) Photoshop 5 or 6 Lab image, PCM activated (PS and EPS)

Lab


Device vector RGB or CMYK internal InD 1.52 RGB or CMYK object, PCM deactivated Device    ICC working space assigned sRGB assigned
Gray Device
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)