ICC profiles

Well, this isn't strictly a matter of InDesign, but I know a lot of people on this forum know a lot about colors and color settings, etc. So I hope someone can shed some insight on this for me.

Whenever I have send a file to the printer, invariably some pages contain errors of treatment as I have to re-record the pictures on this page.  I get the most common error is "Input file: ICCBased color space was used, but only the colouring device press are expected on the page...» »

What I'm wondering: why are these so problematic ICC profiles?  It seems that, at least my version of Photoshop, the default values of the program to save something with a profile.  So I thought it was a common option.  And I frequently get ads that pose problems because of the profiles.  Why these profiles exist if they are problematic on the press?  This has always confused me.

Thank you, Phyllis

Call their customer service and ask why you can't do something smart, like Let InDesign do the conversions of color (indeed, they should allow you to export the "thing" instead of distillation). If they need a special profile, ask them to provide.

It seems like if it was totally their fault for me. They ask for embedded profiles, but then do not seem to handle the conversion. And no, I don't think you should have to save the images without profiles.

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