Where are ICC Profiles saved?

[MarieMeyer]

CC on a Mac, OS 10.14. How many different places might be used to store ICC Profiles? When I look at the color settings options, or go to select a printer profile in Photoshop, I see many, many items that are not in my Library/ColorSync/Profiiles or username/Library/ColorSync folders. I'd like to get rid of the useless ones.

[NB, colourmanagement · Accepted solution]

Hi, take care removing icc profiles - some are used by applications and are needed. If you remove any please don't simply delete, but move them to a "removed from" folder (including the source folder name and location) in case you need to put them back exactly where you found them.

Here's where to find the profiles:

https://www.colourmanagement.net/advice/where-are-my-icc-profiles/

also on Mac OSX: 

print drivers will often place output media profiles in the Library/Printers folder, these are not usually available other than in the OSX Print dialog, unless you copy them into one of the regular ColorSync/Profiles folders.

/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/ICCProfiles/[printername].profiles/Contents/Resources

I hope this helps

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thanks

neil barstow, colourmanagement.net

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[Matt East]

I have a strange problem. I have 2 instances of the same printer. On the 1st one I have all the icc profiles i could ever need but the finisher extension on my printer doesn't work. On the other I can access the finisher (to make booklets) but it only has RGB profiles and the colours come out all wrong (even when the doc is set to RGB) - its super frustrating because I cant figure it out. I have checked all libraries and copied profiles all over my hard drive but I get nothing...  anyone know whats going on here?

  

[Bob_Hallam]

This is a driver issue.  Check for an updated driver or Contact the printer manufacturer for support on that.  Or you can try it yourself but these profiles may be baked into the driver.  

[Matt East]

Awesome, thank you. will reach out to the manufacturer.

[NB, colourmanagement]

@Matt East 

Here's where to find the profiles:

https://www.colourmanagement.net/advice/where-are-my-icc-profiles/

also on Mac OSX: 

print drivers will often place output media profiles in the Library/Printers folder, these are not usually available other than in the OSX Print dialog, unless you copy them into one of the regular ColorSync/Profiles folders.

/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/ICCProfiles/[printername].profiles/Contents/Resources

I hope this helps
neil barstow, colourmanagement net - adobe forum volunteer - co-author: 'getting colour right'
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