AFP Color Management

In this section:

1. Color Management Resources
   Color management resources (CMRs) are the foundation of color management in AFP print systems. They are AFP resources that provide all the color management information, such as ICC profiles and halftones, that an AFP system needs to process a print job and maintain consistent color from one device to another.
2. Data Objects
   Presentation data objects contain a single type of data (such as GIF, JPEG, and TIFF images) and can be used in your print jobs. These data objects can be placed directly in a page or overlay or can be defined as resources and included in pages or overlays. Using a data object as a resource is more efficient when that object appears more than once in a print job; resources are downloaded to the printer just once and referenced as needed.
3. Resource Library Management
   If you store CMRs and data objects in central resource libraries, you must understand some of the characteristics of resource libraries to make sure that your resources are available when and where you need them.
4. Tips and Best Practices
   These general guidelines about creating and managing images and other color resources can improve the performance of your AFP color printing system.
5. CMRTAGFIDELITY Subcommand (FORMDEF)
6. DEFINE CMRNAME Subcommand (FORMDEF and all PAGEDEF types)
7. CMR Subcommand (FORMDEF)
8. RENDER Subcommand (FORMDEF)
9. CMR Subcommand (COPYGROUP)
10. RENDER Subcommand (COPYGROUP)
11. CMR Subcommand (PAGEFORMAT)
12. RENDER Subcommand (in a PAGEFORMAT)
13. OBJECT Command
14. FIELD command (All Page Definition Types)
15. EXTREF Command
16. DRAWGRAPHIC Command (Record Format and XML)