[Openicc] [argyllcms] Re: CC Profiles In X Specification and dispwin

[Robert Krawitz]

   From: "Hal V. Engel" <hvengel at astound.net>
   Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:16:16 -0800

   On Monday 14 January 2008 14:23:00 Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
   > My guess is, that Robert Krawitz could do the measuring for his
   > devices/driver combinations and publishing the CGATS files and profile.

   My understanding is that Robert does not have the measurement
   hardware needed to do this.  So I don't think he could provide such
   a service.  For printers this is also highly dependant on the
   specific paper being used and the printer settings.  Printers also
   have significant sample to sample variation and for some printers
   different batches of ink/toner can have significantly different
   characteristics.  So I don't think this is a workable solution even
   if Robert had the hardware to do this.

That's correct -- I don't have the measurement hardware (nor do I
actually have every single printer, although I do have representative
samples of most of the newer Epsons).

   In addition the amount of work it would take to measure all of the
   possible combinations is huge.  I think I want Robert focused on
   improving his software rather than spending his time do profiling
   measurements.

That's also what I'd rather be doing.  In this particular case, I'd
rather add the necessary features to Gutenprint to allow people who do
have the hardware and expertise in this area to create and publish
these profiles, and for users to use them easily.

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