Q8. What is a device link profile?

A8. For example, in the case of passing color data from an RGB profile to a CMYK profile, normally the way in which to output colors is calculated upon each data passing.

If this was calculated in advance, and "by pre-determining which calculation result to use to print a job utilizing certain two profiles," you can increase the processing speed when printing.

There is also the advantage that "the prints tend to have a better finish than when printed with normal color conversion due to the K color information not being lost."