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Production in the publishing/printing industry is distributed in that it usually occurs at several sites which share and communicate page and image data. The ICC profile standard has enabled important steps toward portable color. However, additional concepts, data structures and tools are necessary to insure consistent color in a network. The concept of an electronic color proof (ECP) is explained. ECP resides in a network linking nodes involved in various phases of graphic preparation and production. It mediates the sharing of information about the capabilities of nodal color devices, the interpretation of color image data to the devices and the control of color reproduction by the devices to a common or a negotiated criterion. ECP is separable from image data and may have local (to a node) and shareable parts. Examples illustrate the importance of gamut data among components of ECP.