[Openicc] GoSoC 2011: CPD and target printing

[Jan-Peter Homann]

Hello Edmund,
Your described workflow is part of my proposal described here:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/OpenIcc/ColorMangedPrintingPath

It would be nice to get some comments on this proposal.

best regards
Jan-Peter

Am 09.05.11 11:38, schrieb edmund ronald:
> Ok, here is a use case:
>
>  I am a hobby photographer, or an art printing service house.
>  I get in some  new heavy Acme media which looks nice but looks like 
> it will soak up more ink than what I am using.
>  I set the CPD to "Epson Heavy Matte" and indeed when it prints with 
> the associated profile black is not yet really black.
>  So I go to the "advanced" CPD tab, increase density, save the setting 
> back out under "Acme Super Heavy Matte", and print a profile target, 
> check that on target blacks are black, run a profile, use the advanced 
> CPD to associate the profile with the new settings, and now "Acme 
> Super Heavy Matte" can be used without complication from the "simple 
> printing" tab of the CPD.
>
> Edmund
>
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:52 AM, Robert Krawitz <rlk at alum.mit.edu 
> <mailto:rlk at alum.mit.edu>> wrote:
>
>     On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:48:08 +1000, Graeme Gill wrote:
>     > Robert Krawitz wrote:
>     >> I don't agree with this reasoning.  I think it's important to
>     have all
>     >> such options available from all programs with a print dialog; we
>     >> should figure out how to present them most effectively.
>     >
>     > My view is both to agree and disagree: I think that the ability to
>     > setup a printer is something that should be put in well tested and
>     > maintained code paths and be universally available, rather than
>     > relegated to "optional" component that will probably fall into
>     > disrepair, or make it hard to access or be inconsistent with the
>     > normal printing path.
>     >
>     > On the other hand, I don't see anybody changing such detailed
>     > settings arbitrarily on a print by print basis. The practical way of
>     > handling printer setup is with a labelled configuration. The
>     > configuration choice would be what can be set from the normal
>     > printing dialogue, while creating or altering a configuration would
>     > be a separate step "edit/create printer configuration". Where such
>     > configuration information would be kept, and the method for
>     > accessing and changing it is an interesting technical
>     > question. Ideally it should be a remotely available operation, so
>     > that creating or examining printing configurations can be done from
>     > any place that you can print a document from, accessible from the
>     > usual printer information GUI.
>
>     I have no problem with that.  After all, if you really need to, you
>     can create a new configuration from the editor.
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