[Openicc] colord Printing Plans, CPD and Gutenprint

[Graeme Gill]

Jan-Peter Homann wrote:
> Is it correct, that in such scenario, we need somekind of dynamic PPD
> update, if e.g. the user
> - imports new settings in the printer driver with assigned profiles, or
> - creates his own profile for a given setting.
> - or installes a profile provided from a profiling service for a given
> setting

Yes, that's the conclusion I came to, if you are going to play along
with standard Postscript type drivers. The main uncertainty was whether
the drivers were going to cope with the PPD changing. Many systems
seem to assume that they are static, and that therefore they can be cached.
Of course in a Linux context you can fix this to make sure it works.

> Handling of color relevant driver settings and assigned profiles should
> be better handled outside the PPD.

Yes, PPD's do seem to be a rather blunt sort of instrument to cope with many
of the complexities.

Graeme Gill.