[Openicc] What is exactly needed: Embedded Profile in CUPS raster !!

edmund ronald edmundronald at gmail.com
Mon Jun 6 08:30:59 PDT 2011


Call the whole thing "print settings bundle"

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Chris Murphy <lists at colorremedies.com>wrote:

> On Jun 6, 2011, at 6:09 AM, Richard Hughes wrote:
>
> > On 6 June 2011 12:55, Jan-Peter Homann <homann at colormanagement.de>
> wrote:
> >> May be, you cold use the term "Printer ICC-Profile".
> >
> > When I asked the designers, only one knew ICC was something to do with
> > color, and the other person who knew what ICC was seemed to think it
> > was all about the game of cricket. :-)
> >
> >> - printer model
> >> - media type
> >> - printing quality
> >>
> >> it would make sense to display this information e.g
> >>
> >> profile metada:
> >> Printer Model: HP Photosmart B109
> >> Media Type: HP Photopaper 210g
> >> Printquality: Best
> >
> > Makes sense. I have to be careful doing this, as my profile at the
> > moment is tagged to be used for both Normal and Best, so I'll probably
> > talk to the designers about how to structure this type of information.
>
>
> Well until there is a reliable means of including print quality metadata
> information in the profile in the first place, I don't see it as being all
> that useful. I'm unaware of any product that enables this inclusion of
> metadata.
>
> As for including ICC in the name of anything, I think it means nothing to
> 99% of users. So that makes it clutter for mortal users. Plus, it's entirely
> conceivable one day there's support for non-ICC profiles.
>
>
> Chris Murphy
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