Re: Gimp, Linux, and profiling pigmented inks

["Barry Kelsall" <bktimes@yuppiegeek.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>I'm glad you can scan & print to your OEM Epson with Linux. For me, Linux
will just be a Server OS curiosity until the big software vendors get on
board. Gimp is nice, but I want to run my Adobe software on a
color-calibrated system.

I found it intriguing that the last Adobe survey I took asked which OS'es I
used - so I lied & checked the Linux box along with Windows. I recently used
both web & phone support to get Adobe to send me my PS 7 (they sent 6 when I
ordered & never would have sent 7 unless I complained), so I am not sure
which path generated the oportunity to fill out that survey. But if enough
people check off Linux, who knows what may happen... maybe we can eventually
exit the MS toll road.   -BK

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert L Krawitz" <rlk@alum.mit.edu>
To: <epson-inkjet@leben.com>
Cc: <epson-inkjet@leben.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 4:25 AM
Subject: Re: Gimp, Linux, and profiling pigmented inks


>    From: Christoph Schoenherr <cschoenherr@altavista.de>
>    Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 13:50:57 +0200
>
>    I work with Gimp 1.2.2 on a Linux machine, printing on Epson 1270
>    with the Epson OEM catridges, scanning with a Nikon LS-30, and get
>    fairly acceptable results without any dedicated profiling
>    software. Now I'm considering buying pigmented inks (Gen4 or MIS)
>    along with a CIS. According to this list, the pigmented inks will
>    definitely need profiling, which seems to be impossible in Gimp.
>
>    I will have to use these non-fading inks, and I don't really want
>    to go back to Windows :o)
>
>    Has anyone got experiences with a similar setup or could recommend
>    a profiling procedure for Linux machines?  Sorry if this might have
>    been discussed already.
>
> This subject comes up every now and then on the Gimp-print and Gimp
> developer lists.  You might want to subscribe to the mailing lists (at
> gimp-print.sourceforge.net and www.gimp.org).  There is no standalone
> solution right now, but there are some projects for this.
>
> --
> Robert Krawitz <rlk@alum.mit.edu>      http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/
>
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> Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lpf@uunet.uu.net
> Project lead for Gimp Print/stp --  http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net
>
> "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works."
> --Eric Crampton
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