Color Settings & Printing

Hi guys,
is there any difference when printing if my images are in CMYK in different colour modes? I will be printing in Spain and i would like to know if there is one more suitable than other. For example, US Web Coated or Japan Color 2001.
Any idea?
Cheers,
Sebastian

Don's use the American or Japanese profiles for for Europe. It is not
unusual to be unable to get profile information from the printer. Absent
any additional information, Use ISOcoatedsb.icc.
More info:
http://pan.tristimulus.co.uk:8200/kbase/hintsntips/folder.2005-03-01.9060546838/document.2 005-02-24.9823517736

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