ColorSync

Definition: Proprietary colour management software system designed to help ensure that colours seen on screen match or duplicate those printed or reproduced. * Standard test targets are printed or displayed and the results are checked by colorimeter together with the test image to determine match of colour profiles. * Developed by Linotype-Hell for Apple as part of operating system and is widely supported by other manufacturers such as Adobe and Kodak. * Part of the Mac operating system; available for PC machines from Windows 98/NT5.

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