Patent ID: 7573589

Claim:
A method of offline proofing for color image processing, comprising: receiving a digitized image document to be press printed as a job; determining job status as corresponding to one of a color managed proof and a color managed press, wherein the color managed press is based on a customer contract approval; installing a proofer profile as an output profile; automatically, without user intervention, installing a press profile to a simulation profile in response to the job status corresponding to the color managed proof based on a previously installed output profile, the proofer profile corresponding to a proof printer and the press profile corresponding to press printer; printing the job by the proof printer as a proof copy in response to the job status corresponding to the color managed proof; installing the press profile as the output profile and discarding the simulation profile in response to the job status corresponding to the color managed press; and printing the job by the press printer as a press copy in response to the job status corresponding to the color managed press.