Maybe (just a guess) you would have better luck with HP printers as they provide their own proprietary drivers and printer control for Linux in the hplip suite.
Le dim. 2 juin 2019 21:44, Pascal Obry <pas...@obry.net> a écrit : > > 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 > > ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
