Renaming ICC printer profiles

[James G]

I don't know if this is of interest to anyone, but I spent a bit of time 'scratching an itch' , metaphorically speaking, that has been bugging me for years .
All I want to do is rename print/paper ICC profiles, suplied by vendors to someting I was a bit more comfortable with.
eg I would prefer to rename 'IGGFS13_EPR2400_PSPPn ' to 'Ilford Gold Fibre Silk'

It can be done on Mac (using the ColorSync app?), but there does not appear to be anything out there for PC.

Eventually, I found a single free utility 'ICC Profile Toolkit', ( developed about 12 years ago as far as I can determine), which does the job, and can be downloaded from the link below: -

http://tlbtlb.com/links/

It works on my Windows 8/CS6 setup, but I suggest the following sequence:-

1) download and install the .msi file into its own folder on any drive you wish.

2) copy the icc profiles you wish to rename to a new 'edit' folder. (I would also recommend making an archive copy in case you needs to restore the original names.)

3) run the program ' ChangeDescription.exe' from the installation folder just created, and select each icc profile in turn from the 'edit' folder.

4) When you open each profile you will then be able to see and edit the current 'description'/name and change it to whatever you want. BUT , make sure you save first before moving to another profile.

5) Once you have edited all the profiles, you can copy them back to the source folder.

[Polar01]

James why not just go to the folder that they are stored and click on the selected profile and rename, unless you have created custom profiles, and you mess up you just re-down load the suppliers ICC.

Cheers:

Allan

[James G]

Allan, just to be clear the profile file can be renamed directly. I'm renaming the profile description, embedded in the profile itself which is not immediately addresssble.
You are right that would be simpler, to do this in the parent folder, but for some reason the executable cannot see the spool folder in windows 8.
I think it may be something to do with the age of the app which was first developed for XP?

I was about to write it off as too archaic until I tried copying the icc profiles to a non-system folder and then try.

Since it's the only renaming app that I've been able to find that allows renaming of the profile description which is what is seen in the print module, I thought it worth the post.

[DanK]

James,

thanks for posting this. I use profiles from three vendors: Moab, Red River, and Canon. Those from Moab and Red River have comprehensible embedded descriptions, although not comparable across the two brands. the Canon ones are incomprehensible. I have to look them up from time to time. This is a useful tool.

Dan

[royphot]

You can rename the profile directly as described, but ,(and it is a big but), when you then look for that profile in an application, you will still only see the original name. That rather defeats the point of changing the name to a more descriptive one.

[xpatUSA]

Allan, just to be clear the profile file can be renamed directly. I'm renaming the profile description, embedded in the profile itself which is not immediately addresssble.

Since it's the only renaming app that I've been able to find that allows renaming of the profile description which is what is seen in the print module, I thought it worth the post.

ColorThink can mess with ICC profile contents and also can check for a mis-match between the filename and the embedded name. App is not free, but does have a cheaper version.

[James G]

Dan, its a bit clunky, but like you, every time I wanted to use the Ilford Galerie set I had to look them up.
Roy, the profile name that I see in the print module is the embedded description which is why I was looking to edit it to make it simpler.
I use CS6, but other applications may display the folder name, in which case there is no issue to changing the name.

Ted, I did find Color Think, but at $147 I decided that I could continue scratching the itch a while longer if I had to!

[royphot]

Roy, the profile name that I see in the print module is the embedded description which is why I was looking to edit it to make it simpler.
!

That is the point I was trying to make, and I am sorry I did not explain it clearly.

Roy

[xpatUSA]

Ted, I did find Color Think, but at $147 I decided that I could continue scratching the itch a while longer if I had to!

No problemon, if you haven't got 100's of them, I would be happy to edit some for you . . .

[James G]

Ted, thanks for the offer.
I didn't have that many to edit, about 30. The 'ICC Profile Toolkit' app, I eventually found, which prompted me to start this post, worked for me.

I think it may not have worked on some other people's systems.