[Openicc] Printing profiling targets - state of implementation?

[edmund ronald]

If all else fails, maybe the local CUPS web server can store and serve XML
inking data and even profiles associated with a media-type keyword :)

Edmund


On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com> wrote:

> Edmund,
>
> On 2013-05-22, at 5:18 AM, edmund ronald <edmundronald at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ...
> I think this issue of making inking parameters first order citizens was
> discussed at length on this list - what mechanism is going to be used to
> allow people to load and save queue inking parameters?
>
>
> Yes, this issue has been discussed here, at OpenPrinting meetings, and in
> PWG meetings. The consensus so far is that this isn't something we can
> easily standardize - different drivers do things wildly differently, and
> what would work for Gutenprint wouldn't work for, say, the old CUPS DDK
> drivers.
>
> My recommended solution is to associate linearization curves and other
> driver-specific data with media type and ink type names - this provides
> access to data that has been stored in a PPD file or other driver-specific
> location through a simple keyword/string (think: a preset or saved setting
> name), and that can subsequently be used when printing targets for
> profiling and (finally) printing documents using the generated profile.
> This is also consistent across drivers and printers.
>
> The initial ink characterization will likely need to be done using a
> driver-specific utility unless the stakeholders can agree on a generic set
> of options that satisfy their requirements.  However, I know that in the
> past Robert has claimed the current option/attribute support in CUPS was
> insufficient to supply linearization curves with a print job, so that level
> of integration/support may not be possible.
>
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