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

[Robert Krawitz]

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:38:45 +0100, Jan-Peter Homann wrote:
> Hello Lai Uwe, hello List
> Thanks for your reply.
> Lets assume, we have a system with e.g.
> 1) Oyranos
> 2) Scribus
> 3) Ghostscript
> 4) CUPS
> 5) Gutenprint
>
> All this parts have to be coordinated for the correct usage of ICC-profiles and printer driver settings.
>
> So far as I know, we have currently no agreed architecture, for cross application coordination of color settings and color management policies. It is currently the user, who decides where to use ICC profiles and where no conversion should be applied to avoid unwanted color conversions.
>
> The control slug for the print out with color settings would be a first step for transparency of colormanagement in the printing chain.
> So I would be very glad to get statements from
> 2) Scribus
> 3) Ghostscript
> 4) CUPS
> 5) Gutenprint
>
> If there is a way to make the current color settings / driver settings available for generating a control slug (or additional color configuration page for  print pipeline).

There's no predefined way to do this in Gutenprint.  If you're
printing from GIMP you can save the printrc stanza, but I assume you
mean that the output page should actually have that information
printed on it?