[Digikam-users] icc profiles

[wayne tedder]

<quote> unfortunately there's a slight difference in output between
individual machines there. So it's not only us poor home
enthusiasts which are having problems with .ICC profiles </quote>

That's exactly the issue that was brought up by a couple of professional
photographers that I spoke to.  I was told that the only proper way to do it
was to set up your own photo lab at home.  Basically you are paying them to
do final color correction when you pass it off to a lab, so it is really up
to the person who is working on it to get it right when it is printed.

I'm specifically looking at this printer, which I have yet to find any
cups/linux information on.
 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828102009

It prints 11"x14" (279.4mm x  355.6mm) on  13"x19" paper with 8 colors.  The
reviews are really good, and I can't find anything similar for under $14,000
US.

Anyways, I just thought I'd ask..

Wayne

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 11:04 AM, "Sveinn í Felli (IMAP)" <sveinki at nett.is>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> wayne tedder wrote:
> >
> > After reading up a bit and trying some things out, me and my GF have
> > decided to go all the way and purchase, a wide gamut monitor and
> > professional photo 11x14  printer.  I am however worried about printer
> > drivers with these high end printers and I'm wondering if anyone has had
> > any experience/luck with any particular printer under Linux.
>
> Just wondering what you'd call a professional printer. Would
> an inkjet qualify for that category ?
>
> I've got an Epson Stylus Photo R360 which gives excellent
> results, has 6 separate ink compartments and various input
> connections (eg. straight from camera/card, USB or IR) and
> has a nice screen for most maintainance tasks; in that
> regard you can call it "standalone" since it doesn't rely on
> external drivers for those.
> Linux support is impeccable except for CD-printing from a
> computer (a work in progress) but you can always bypass that
> by creating your CD-label, get it on a USB-drive and use the
> frontal USB port on the printer. < ad closing :-) >
>
> If you're not getting desired results with a specific
> linux/cusp printerdriver, you may want to try the TurboPrint
> drivers. I've tested them on a couple of printers with very
> good results. But, these are commercial (~25$) and not
> opensource.
>
> But for all serious work I go to a local photo/printshop.
> Their machines take sRGB.icc profile for granted,
> unfortunately there's a slight difference in output between
> individual machines there. So it's not only us poor home
> enthusiasts which are having problems with .ICC profiles.
>
> Sveinn í Felli
>
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