On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 11:35, Christoph Schoenherr wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Thank you very much for your detailed comments, and also for the > excellent littlecms docs which I had studied already and which > were very helpful. > > Please see the comments that I added to parts of your reply: > > > If you are using a simple inkjet, the other way is to forget > > printer profiles stay in a RGB workflow. Keep your images in > > RGB and use the GIMP print drivers to adjust printer output to > > the screen. This is why the GIMP drivers were built in the > > first place. > > My particular problem with gimp-print -- which I appreciate very > much indeed -- is that I'm not using OEM inks, but pigmented > Generations4 in a continuous ink flow system on my Epson 1270, > along with with non-standard papers. I've already tried playing > around with the adjustments in gimp-print, but didn't get good > results. That's why I don't see any other solutions but output > measuring devices.
OK, that would explain a lot.. > > > > For now I'm working on a Linux-only machine. Is there a > > > possibility to get proper printer profiles without getting > > > into Windows? > > > > Almost.. Marti Maria has done a great job with littlecms. It > > has improved greatly in the last couple of versions. I think > > he is trying to add a printer profiler in the next version of > > littlecms. > > Yes, the littlecms is just great! But a printer profiler would > still require either measuring hardware that works under Linux > or a Windows-built profile... As you mentioned with non standard inks and papers a hardware solution is needed in this situation. Unfortunately, I have done a lot of looking, but there is no Linux compatible solution and trying a Windows app with Wine may or may not work because of hardware issues. I would make a guess you could get pretty close with a Windows created profile and then fine tune with GIMP print. > > Through a reply to another posting I found out about someone who > uses Profile Prism and Picture Window Pro (for Windows) together > with WINE and gimp-print, if this might be of interest: > > http://www.salgarelli.com/technical/ldd/printing.php Yes, I am aware of this site and added a link in the links page. Regards, Peter
