So where does one get the information to write this "special application", even as a command-line app?<div>How many times does one have to beg, whimper and cry to get it? </div><div><br></div><div>Edmund</div><div> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 6:28 AM, Michael Sweet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:msweet@apple.com">msweet@apple.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div class="im"><br> On May 12, 2011, at 8:09 PM, Graeme Gill wrote:<br> <br> </div><div class="im">> Michael Sweet wrote:<br> >> What is the use case for this? Accurate profiling requires a stable target print, which<br> >> requires some amount of drying/curing time. This isn't an ad-hoc process...<br> ><br> > The main user case is that it always be possible to calibrate and profile<br> > a printer. If this is a "special application", then it won't get maintained<br> > or tested.<br> <br> </div>It MUST be a specialized application - OpenOffice isn't going to print a target, take measurements, or make an ICC profile. Giving the user a control that turns off color management doesn't make color managed workflows any more accessible but DOES lead to a really bad (and frustrating) print experience.<br> <div class="im"><br> ________________________________________________________________________<br> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair<br> <br> </div><div><div></div><div class="h5">_______________________________________________<br> openicc mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:openicc@lists.freedesktop.org">openicc@lists.freedesktop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openicc" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openicc</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>