Re: Gutenprint curves
Re: Gutenprint curves
- Subject: Re: Gutenprint curves
- From: "edmund ronald" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:15:14 +0100
I have a suggestion, just document the place the files live, and allow
people to provide prebaked files easily (eg. a Tetenal superglossy
Epson 2400 settings file from E.R.) - Most people know they need to
download an ICC profile to some strange place in their system and then
select a rendering intent, so they can live with the idea of
downloading print settings and then customising them, even by editing
the profile. Doesn't mean they know the binary details of what
actually goes into the profile (I don't).
Once setting files can be passed around end-users will throw
themselves at them as it takes the intimidating options out of the
equation.
The problem then becomes one of creating these files, and I am sure
some of us will come up with creative solutions. I've just discovered
that the most used print program, Photoshop has a simple graphical
editor for transfer functions built into the Print with Preview dialog
- I am sure this could be used to create linearisation curves, with a
simple script then copying the values into the right place in a
settings file. One could also imagine simple Javascript web pages that
make a file ready to cut and paste or download.
Edmund
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=6142&max_rows=25&style=nested&viewmonth=200108
Actually, a lot of this -- not everything (in particular, the drop
sizes and light ink transfer curves), though -- is available in
Gutenprint. I'd like to find a way to make these additional
parameters available to users for customization, too. The problem is
that CUPS provides no way of passing this data through, and PPD files
in general are clumsy for passing composite data types. If you use
the Print plugin for the GIMP, you'll find a lot of curve controls
that aren't available in the CUPS driver.
--
Robert Krawitz <email@hidden>
Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2
Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail email@hidden
Project lead for Gutenprint -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net
"Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works."
--Eric Crampton
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Colorsync-users mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden