[Openicc] Communication between Printer Driver and Oyranos

[Robert Krawitz]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:42:37 +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:
> On 24 January 2011 10:16, edmund ronald
>> Now, I suggest hat if Jenny has just bought Hannemühle Rag for her
>> Epson 12345, she can get the system to automagically download settings
>> and a canned profile from www.linuxprinting.org, and then print
>> wothout knowing *anything*
>
> If the user knows what an ICC profile is (heh), then I think the
> following use case makes sense:
>
> * User downloads ICC file
> * User double clicks it
> # color manager window opens
> * User selects the printer they want to assign the profile to
> (* optional: User sets the qualifier for the assignment using radio
> buttons, but defaulting to "for everything")
> * User gets asked if the profile should be assigned to the printer for
> ever, or just until they logout
> * User prints using the special paper
> * User reverts to the old settings, or logs off
>
> In this instance, the default vendor supplied profile for the printer
> will be good enough for the 99% of documents the user is going to
> print. For the "birthday present A3 canvas print" they are printing
> it's okay to ask the user to go through the steps detailed above.

Who's the "vendor" in this case?