[Openicc] [Gimp-print-devel] Color-managed printing on Linux with current CUPS: Fact or fiction?

[Michael Sweet]

On Jan 30, 2012, at 8:19 AM, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
> ...
> Unfortunedly the colord hook in CUPS side steps the CUPS communication
> paths. It is easily possible to print with the active profile of an
> other user. It was mentioned that the three selectors are not sufficient
> to select the correct calibration state. Users can easily change gamma,
> brightness in the print dialog and get no warning while using the same
> profile. So users need practical to check each time that nothing changed
> in one of the unpredictable way outlined. That kind of colour transform
> is useful for testing, but too unrelyable for production. Management
> implies a level of securing conditions.


I hope you have read all of my posts saying that "gamma" and "brightness" controls are deprecated in CUPS and have no place in these discussions?

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair