1. A method for making a device link, the method comprising: (a) selecting one or more selected spatial locations in a digital image; (b) calculating for each of the one or more selected spatial locations a representative colorant combination; (c) obtaining reference-image colors at corresponding selected spatial locations in a reference image; and (d) deriving the device link from the representative colorant combinations, the corresponding reference-image colors, and a destination profile of an imaging apparatus.