[Openicc] Control slug for print outs with metadata about colormanagement settings

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

Am 13.12.10, 17:37 +0100 schrieb Jan-Peter Homann:
> Hello list,
> Making and applying ICC-profiles in the printing chain is sometimes quite 
> tricky.
> Especially, it is often not clear, if and how the collersettings of OS, 
> Application and driver interact. As ICC member I have started a discussion at 
> the ICC internal workflow group, to get a possibility to make this more 
> transparent.
> It would be very nice to get some feedback from OpenICC users what they think 
> about very roughly sketched idea and the use cases.
> Especially feedback from the projects
> - Oyranos
> - Scribus
> - CUPS
> - Gutenprint
> would be welcome

Oyranos has capabilities to enrich the internaly used device link profiles
with detailed informations about the ICC rendering path for quality
control. This informations can be utilised for a printout.

> ---
>
> For printing proofs, it is best practice (and also needed for ISO
> 12647-7 conformance), that the proofing application prints a a control
> slug, which contains information about source profile, target profil,
> intent and calibration status.
>
> For doing print colormanagement outside the proofing area, we would need
> a possibility, that both
> - the OS
> - the application
> - the printer driver
> creating together a controil slug, containing all relevant color
> settings informations into one control slug (or additional print out)
>
> For daily print outs, this would create a overhead on information, but
> for troubleshooting or integrating custom printer profiles into a print
> workflow, this would help a lot to know and to document, what have been
> done.
>
> Target groups
> - Endusers which are using individual ICC-profiles with standard printer 
> drivers
> (Photograhers, Graphic Designers, Inhouse publishers)
> - Vendors offering software or measurement equipment for ICC printer profile 
> generation
> - system integrators and administrators maintaining document processes with 
> output through standard printer drivers
> - developer of printer drivers
> - developer of standard software for publishing and document creation
>
>
>
> Best regards
> Jan-Peter
>
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kind regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
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developing for colour management 
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