[Openicc] Printing Plans GhostScript / sRGB / ICC

[Chris Murphy]

On Mar 6, 2011, at 11:48 PM, Graeme Gill wrote:

> Chris Murphy wrote:
>> Let me see if I can make sense of this. These sorts of options are like f'n razor
>> blades in a machine gun to end users. The only purpose it can serve is to make the
> 
> Experience contradicts this. While there are probably better ways of doing all
> this if you are able to wave a magic wand and re-write everything from scratch
> from top to bottom without regard to inter-operability, the above approach
> has been reasonable successful in the field. The worst aspect is not
> user confusion or mis-configuration (since a simple "reset to defaults"
> cures a lot of problems), but printer inconsistency and poor quality profiles
> tend to be the main source of support queries in relation to color.
> (Again, this is mainly in a business use context, rather than low end
> home use or graphics arts use. Graphics arts users tend to want a whole
> lot more technical facilities, which demands a more complex and difficult
> to make reliable interface.)

You helping me make my case. That this is business graphics all the more reason means four of six RGB source space options are totally irrelevant if not dangerous, and even arguably the None option is the worst of all because in a business graphics context, no one is using ICC anyway.

There's simply no use case for even asking this class of user what the source space should even be.


Chris Murphy