[Openicc] colord 0.1.0 released!

[Leonard Rosenthol]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Chris Murphy <lists at colorremedies.com>wrote:

> ICC spec (7.2.5) identifies 'prtr' as an "Output Device" profile.  So if
> you really do an RGB-based output device, then you could have a 'prtr'
> profile for it - but I am not aware of any in actual use.
>
>
> I'm really confused. Every single desktop inkjet printer comes with such
> profiles.
>

Not as output profiles they don't.  They may have proofing/simulation
profiles in RGB - but not an actual prtr.  if you've got one, I'd love to
see it...



> But that's exactly what's being used by Photoshop and Lightroom,
>

As a SOURCE profile but not as a PRINTER profile - and not at print time.



> and dropped into the Mac OS PDF print spool file as an OutputIntent. It's
> an RGB-based OutputIntent. All of these desktop printers are treated as RGB
> 100% of the time when driven by the manufacturer's print driver.
>

Not as OutputIntent.   And even if it was, the OI is only used in a PDF/X
file.  It's ignored (as per spec) for any standard PDF.

Perhaps you mean as a source profile - because that's what Quartz does.

Leonard
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