Kodak CMM string
Kodak CMM string
- Subject: Kodak CMM string
- From: Henrik Holmegaard <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 00:44:25 +0100
BTW I don't understand the string name for the Kodak CMM, 'Kodak
ColorSyncTM 2.0-compatible'.
The other CMMs tell me they are CMMs. The Kodak string doesn't tell
me it is a CMM but that it is compatible with ColorSyncTM 2.0.
The ColorSync 1.0 format is described in the QuickDraw GX manuals
(and probably elsewhere, too).The ICC profile format is what emerged
when the ColorSync 1.0 format was redesigned and released as an
industry standard.
Anything that isn't 2.0 compatible isn't an ICC profile.
What the string should say is 'Kodak CMM'. What it does say is
otiose, and to the vast majority of users who reflect on it a cause
for compatibility concerns which are meaningless. They see the
message in ColorSync 3.0 and have no way of knowing what
compatibility with ColorSync 2.0 entails.