---
name: "icclink"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "liblcms-utils"
version: "1.19.dfsg2-1.2+deb7u1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/icclink"
---

# icclink(1)

little cms device link generator.

## NAME

icclink - little cms device link generator.

## SYNOPSIS

**icclink** \[*options*\] *\<profiles\>*

## DESCRIPTION

lcms is a standalone CMM engine, which deals with the color management. It implements a fast transformation between ICC profiles. **icclink** is little cms device link generator.

Links two or more profiles into a single devicelink profile. Colorspaces must be paired except Lab/XYZ, that can be interchanged.

## OPTIONS

- **-8**

  Creates 8-bit devicelink.

- **-b**

  Black point compensation.

- **-c \<0,1,2,3\>**

  Precission (0=LowRes, 1=Normal, 2=Hi-res). \[defaults to 1\]

- **-d** *description*

  Description text (quotes can be used).

- **-h \<0,1,2,3\>**

  Show summary of options and examples.

- **-i** *profile*

  Input profile (defaults to sRGB).

- **-k \<0..400\>**

  Ink-limiting in % (CMYK only)

- **-o** *profile*

  Output devicelink profile. \[defaults to 'devicelink.icm'\]

- **-t \<0,1,2,3\>**

  Intent (0=Perceptual, 1=Colorimetric, 2=Saturation, 3=Absolute).

- **-x**

  Creatively, guess deviceclass of resulting profile.

- Built-in profiles:

  ```
  	*Lab  -- D50-based CIEL*a*b (PCS)
  	*XYZ  -- CIE XYZ (PCS)
  	*sRGB -- sRGB color space
  	*Gray22- Monochrome of Gamma 2.2
  	*Lin2222- CMYK linearization of gamma 2.2 on each channel
  ```

## EXAMPLES

```
To create 'devicelink.icm' from a.icc to b.icc:
	icclink a.icc b.icc
To create 'out.icc' from sRGB to cmyk.icc:
	icclink -o out.icc *sRGB cmyk.icc
To create a sRGB input profile working in Lab:
	icclink -x -o sRGBLab.icc *sRGB *Lab
To create a XYZ -> sRGB output profile:
	icclink -x -o sRGBLab.icc *XYZ *sRGB
To create a abstract profile doing softproof for cmyk.icc:
	icclink -t1 -x -o softproof.icc *Lab cmyk.icc cmyk.icc *Lab
To create a 'grayer' sRGB input profile:
	icclink -x -o grayer.icc *sRGB gray.icc gray.icc *Lab
To embed ink limiting into a cmyk output profile:
	icclink -x -o cmyklimited.icc -k 250 cmyk.icc *Lab
```

## NOTES

For suggestions, comments, bug reports etc. send mail to info@littlecms.com.

## SEE ALSO

[**jpegicc**(1)](/jpegicc/1.md), [**tifficc**(1)](/tifficc/1.md), [**tiffdiff**(1)](/tiffdiff/1.md), [**icc2ps**(1)](/icc2ps/1.md), [**icctrans**(1)](/icctrans/1.md), [**wtpt**(1)](/wtpt/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Shiju p. Nair \<shiju.p@gmail.com\>, for the Debian project.