[Openicc] meta data in test chart

[edmund ronald]

Chris,

Thank you. From the Gutenprint side of things, this exactly my
position too, you have outlined the functional characteristics when in
normal user-driven operation.
There are some additional constraints to allow creation and tuning of
the settings, but I think the first priority is to make sure
user-functionality is complete.

I think the color community among Linux developers needs to be
reminded that professional inkjet printers need a very careful setup
*before* they print well enough to allow profiling.

Edmund



On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Chris Murphy <lists at colorremedies.com> wrote:
> On Jan 20, 2011, at 10:00 PM, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
>> I think we have to do a cut here. IMO it would be straight forward to just care about settings being colour related. After all that sounds to me like
>> what you want with the calibration "recipe".
>
> I think restricted the shareable package to that of just strict color related settings is a mistake. If someone is using a thick media, then paper feed or platen adjustments are obviously necessary to properly reproduce the proper printing condition. If such settings are straight out not in scope for embedding in the output device profile, then I'd recommend a different approach, where are package file format that includes the ICC profiles and all print settings is used, rather that stuffing them into an ICC profile.
>
> And really, a particular set of settings is only valid for a particular PPD. Maybe nothing changes as the PPD version changes, but perhaps something does change that relates to color and then the settings aren't valid. So again I think the package that contains PPD, settings, ICC profile, calibration, is a better way to transport and share. It's easier, more intuitive, more reliable. Otherwise you get situations where users have the correct settings, different driver version, don't have a calibration file, and now they can't actually reproduce the printing conditions.
>
> Chris Murphy
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