[Printing-architecture] Make use of extended color spaces on IPP printers

Michael Sweet msweet at msweet.org
Sun May 9 20:32:08 UTC 2021


Solomon,

> On May 9, 2021, at 10:03 AM, Solomon Peachy <pizza at shaftnet.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, May 09, 2021 at 09:41:38AM -0400, Michael Sweet wrote:
>> So printers that support device RGB and device gray also support the 
>> "printer-icc-profiles" attribute, which allows you to determine which 
>> profile to use for a particular combination of Job Template 
>> attributes.  In some cases a single profile is reported that 
>> represents the printer's internal working color space.
> 
> Forgive my ignorance here, but am I correct in my understanding that 
> this attribute provides a URI for clients to retrieve the profile?

Yes.  It's actually a set (array) of profiles with any associated Job Template attributes (color mode, resolution, etc.) that might influence the profile that should be used.

> So ideally, the client should retrieve the profile and transform the 
> colorspace into the appropriate DeviceXXX space, and tag the 
> raster/document as such?

Yes.

> Otherwise, the client should submit the document tagged with a standard 
> (eg sRGB or AdobeRGB) colorspace, and let the printer do any necessary
> transforms?

Right.  And also that the Client can use the closest matching standard color space when generating raster - use sRGB for sRGB images and AdobeRGB for AdobeRGB images, but transform to AdobeRGB for some other RGB color space to give yourself the most headroom.

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