[Openicc] GoSoC 2011: CPD and target printing

[Michael Sweet]

On May 13, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> On May 13, 2011, at 5:23 PM, Michael Sweet wrote:
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>> On May 13, 2011, at 4:13 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
>>> I've never seen one single application or RIP I've ever used replace cgpdftoraster. I can't imagine Adobe would touch this with a 10 foot pole.
>> 
>> Nope, because then they couldn't charge per-seat (printer sharing).
> 
> I think it has a lot more with going into the store and possibly breaking a bunch of stuff they don't want to buy. If they bust core parts of the OS, either directly or it ends up broken with an OS update - too risky. If it really were a piece of cake, risk free and fixed this eye sore of a problem that only exists on Mac OS X, I think they'd consider this like a sure thing lottery ticket.

They already do a product that integrated with the printing system - Acrobat...

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair