Björn,
> So, does this mean that producing high-quality prints on Linux is entirely > impossible? Nothing is impossible. Solutions: - make you own profile - ask a pro to do the profile for you - use TurboPrint, high quality and properly supported by dt > In particular, I have two questions regarding the statement: > > 1. I am not sure wether I understand the explanation correctly. How > exactly do the ICC profiles provided by paper manufacturers depend on > the printer driver? Does the printer driver affect the printer's > color rendition, so that the printer's color space when used with > cups differs from the color space when used with the proprietary > driver on windows? No, each driver use it's own algorithm to transform a RGB picture to a print using 6, 8, 12 different color on your printer. The driver is a software and the transformation done here is different on all OS. That's why you have today ICC provided for MacOS and Windows. > 2. Is there any way to get properly color-managed prints with fine- > art papers on Linux (with DT)? Would I have buy a > colorimeter/spectrometer and profile it myself? The easiest solution is TurboPrint. I'm using it and I have implemented the support in dt for a good reason :) -- Pascal Obry / Magny Les Hameaux (78) The best way to travel is by means of imagination http://www.obry.net gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key F949BD3B ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
