To be selected for a print job, a device link profile must reside on the Fiery Server and be associated with a specific source profile (CMYK/Grayscale Device Link for a CMYK-to-CMYK device link profile or RGB/Lab Device Link for an RGB-to-CMYK device link profile) and output profile (the Output Profile setting).

When you select the source profile and output profile settings associated with a device link profile, the Fiery Server bypasses its normal color management and applies the device link conversion to the color data in the job. The source profile and the output profile are not used.

Profiles that do not reside on the Fiery Server do not appear as settings. A device link profile that is not associated with a source profile setting and an output profile setting cannot be selected for a job. Therefore, even though the source profile and output profile that are associated with a device link profile are not used to calculate color conversions, they must reside on the Fiery Server.