[Openicc] Google Summer of Code 2009: Oyranos CUPS backend

[Ann L McCarthy]

Dear Kai-Uwe,

As Max and Chris have pointed out, printer companies may need to point to 
a large number of ICC profiles
for a print system.  It is most critical to overcome the misunderstanding 
that a printer HAS A profile. No.
A print *condition* (the printer, the printer settings, the colorants 
selected, the paper in use) HAS A particular
behavior that can be color managed using one profile. Even in this 
constrained case multiple profiles may
be useful since each profile contains only one preference mapping 
(perceptual intent).

Whatever means is developed to address your question should not limit the 
number of profiles that can be
packaged for a print system.

Best regards,
Ann McCarthy
Imaging Systems R&D
Lexmark Imaging Solutions Division
Lexmark International, Inc.






Kai-Uwe Behrmann <ku.b at gmx.de> 
Sent by: openicc-bounces+almccart=lexmark.com at lists.freedesktop.org
05/17/2010 11:21 AM

To
Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr at pdfsages.com>
cc
Dov Isaacs <isaacs at adobe.com>, OpenICC Liste 
<openicc at lists.freedesktop.org>
Subject
Re: [Openicc] Google Summer of Code 2009: Oyranos CUPS backend






Am 17.05.10, 11:09 -0400 schrieb Leonard Rosenthol:
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Kai-Uwe Behrmann <ku.b at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> What you propose is particially related to the "cupsICCProfile" PPD
>> keyword. By this keyword the ICC profile is only named and not embedded 
in
>> the PPD as you suggest.
>
>
> In addition, cupsICCProfile isn't supported by desktop applications 
(such as
> Adobe Acrobat/Reader) on any OS platform and certainly not in any 
situation
> on Windows.   Is it widely enough used to even consider trying to 
support
> it?  Certainly none of the major vendors are including this in profiles
> supplied with printers - does it only appear in a customized CUPS driver
> installation?

We have practical no support for cupsICCProfile on Linux. It supports too 
few use cases. Linux is much networked. A PPD embedded ICC profile would 
be prefered.


kind regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
-- 
developing for colour management 
www.behrmann.name + www.oyranos.org

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