{"id":23,"date":"2024-01-31T08:56:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T07:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newblog.colorgate.com\/en\/2024\/01\/31\/mim-combinations-ensure-optimal-interaction-between-printer-and-software\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:29:22","slug":"mim-combinations-ensure-optimal-interaction-between-printer-and-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/mim-combinations-ensure-optimal-interaction-between-printer-and-software\/","title":{"rendered":"MIM combinations: Ensure optimal interaction between printer and software"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reliable and reproducible print results and consistently high print quality are essential for professional digital printing. Whether these requirements are met depends to a large extent on various production-relevant parameters such as the medium used, the ink and other technical settings (e.g. print resolution) and their interaction with the software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ColorGATE\u2019s MIM combinations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure that these parameters are reliably available for all printing processes, the ColorGATE software saves all these settings in a so-called MIM combination, where MIM stands for &#8220;Media-Ink-Metamode&#8221;. The following elements for profile, linearization and print mode settings are optimally linked together in this combination:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advanced settings for color and process management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An ICC profile that is adjusted to a specific medium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A linearization file for precise control of the ink application<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: normal\">A MIM combination is therefore created precisely for the physical properties of a specific medium in combination with a defined ink for printing on the given printer.<br>This provides the prerequisites for consistently high print quality. You only need to ensure that the selected MIM combination corresponds to your printer setup with medium, ink and print mode. It is possible to save different MIM combinations &#8211; each adjusted to the printing environment you are using &#8211; so that the print result remains consistent even if the ink or printer changes.&nbsp;<br><\/span><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to obtain a MIM combination<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although you have the option of creating a new MIM combination in the ColorGATE software, it is easier and quicker to use existing MIMs. These are available <strong>on the ColorGATE Support Site<\/strong> <strong>for<\/strong> <strong>download<\/strong> for a variety of printers and media:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorgate.com\/support\/en\/\">https:\/\/www.colorgate.com\/support\/en\/<\/a> and log in with your access data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to the \u201cDownload Area\u201d and click on \u201cMIM Packages &amp; Profile Targets\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under \u201cFilter Results\u201d, click on \u201cMIM Packages (Profiles and Linearizations)\u201d and select the manufacturer of your printer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>All available MIM combinations for this printer are then displayed as CMP or CMPZ files and can be downloaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/newblog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Blog_MIM_EN_1-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Blog_MIM_EN_1-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Blog_MIM_EN_1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Blog_MIM_EN_1-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Blog_MIM_EN_1.jpg 1156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If no MIM suitable for your printing environment is available, <strong>your ColorGATE reseller<\/strong>&nbsp;may also be able to provide you with an appropriate file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">Please note that you can edit existing MIM files in the ColorGATE software if necessary and adapt them to your requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to use a MIM combination in the ColorGATE software<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MIM combinations that you have previously downloaded from the Support Site or received from your reseller can be easily <strong>imported<\/strong> into the program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the ColorGATE software, open the printer definition for which you want to import the MIM.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the MIM administration (&#8220;Options&#8221; &gt; &#8220;MIM Administration&#8221;) and click on &#8220;Import MIM combinations&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The selected MIM combination is imported and can be assigned to individual jobs or all jobs of this printer in the job or hotfolder settings (&#8220;Color&#8221; tab). Thus, all settings contained in the MIM file are automatically applied to the corresponding jobs, the respective profile and linearization files are available and ColorGATE software and printer are optimally synchronized.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/newblog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Blog_MIM_EN_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Blog_MIM_EN_2.jpg 461w, https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Blog_MIM_EN_2-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the MIM administration you also have the option of <strong>exporting<\/strong>, <strong>editing<\/strong> and <strong>duplicating<\/strong> existing MIMs or <strong>creating<\/strong> a completely new MIM. You can find out how to do this step by step in our online help, which you can call up at any time directly in the program by pressing F1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/newblog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Blog_MIM_EN_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Blog_MIM_EN_3.jpg 823w, https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Blog_MIM_EN_3-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Blog_MIM_EN_3-768x285.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this way, ColorGATE offers you an optimal workflow to quickly, conveniently and reliably access the parameters that are decisive for the print result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">If you have any questions or need advice, please contact us via&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"mailto:contact@colorgate.com\" rel=\"noopener\">contact@colorgate.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article explains what MIMs are and how they can help you achieve greater reliability, reproducible print results and consistently high print quality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[38,5,40,43],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein","tag-digital-printing","tag-knowledge-base","tag-mim-packages","tag-settings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1212,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/1212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}