Parts of a color mapping table

A color mapping table consists of a base part, a set of source groups, and a set of target groups. The base part identifies the color mapping table with a type of reset or normal.

The simplest possible color mapping table is a reset color mapping table, which tells the printer not to do any transformations on the color information found in the document. A reset color mapping table does not have any source or target groups; all other color mapping tables have at least one source and one target group.

In this section:

  1. Using source groups
    Each source group has an identification (ID) number from 1 through 127, which is used to match the source group with a corresponding target group.
  2. Using target groups
    Each target group has an identification (ID) number from 1 through 127, which is used to match the target group with one or more corresponding source groups.
Parent topic: Color mapping table source and output files