<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Nov 13, 2009, at 4:04 PM, Robert Krawitz wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">...</font></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>Gutenprint absolutely provides a true DeviceN color path (for Epson<br>printers, at any rate).  We just don't have a reasonable vehicle for<br>exposing it to end users.</div></blockquote><div><br></div>Right, as a "halftone module" Gutenprint actually offers much more than most vendor solutions, however as a CUPS driver it has no way to expose this since no RIP filter supports more than 4 channels.</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I'm dubious of sRGB-only command sets for inkjet printers.  It<br>artificially restricts the available gamut, and doesn't work if you<br>use a medium other than that specified by the manufacturer.<br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>Like it or not, you're going to see more sRGB/AdobeRGB-only devices in the future, even from Epson. Only the high-end printers will support a DeviceN mode that can be used by third-parties...<div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Monaco; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div>___________________________________________________</div><div>Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer</div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></div></body></html>