Fw: New sources of desktop inkjet printer drivers
2003-05-23 by Ernst Dinkla
A message from the colorsync list that could be of interest to the list members, software free of charge but bundled with the paper, don't know more than what is written here and in the links: Ernst
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Lawrence" <Steve_Lawrence@...> To: "Post to ColorSync list" <colorsync-users@...> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 3:28 PM Subject: News: New sources of desktop inkjet printer drivers > Ilford made an announcement at PMA I think list members will be very > interested in. They will soon be shipping their own desktop inkjet > drivers which have been customised for Ilford's own Galerie media. > > I think many of you will find this interesting for several reasons: > 1. These drivers are targeted for pure high quality photographic use and > therefore are free from the restrictions that can be found in some of > the more general use OEM drivers. For example they provide full access > to the printer gamut. > 2. It is my understanding that Ilford will make it very clear what the > input colour space(s) to the driver are. I think Photoshop users will be > particularly happy ;) > 3. They produce an excellent screen to printer match. > 4. The internal colour tables make use of ICC based technology to > perform full RGB to CMY(K) transforms with all the fidelity available to > Postscript RIPs. > 4. The technology used to produce the drivers supports the creation and > processing of CMY(K) ICC printer profiles as if it were a Postscript > RIP. As a result ICC technology is used to perform the full RGB to > CMY(K) separation for high quality colour. > > IMO this kind of solution will become increasingly the norm in the third > party ink and media marketplace. This will be good news for users. It > ought to become simpler and perhaps cheaper to try third party > consumables. You will have an alternative to the OEMs own driver. They > will be a boon for people whose needs are not met by the OEM driver, but > don't wish to spend thousands of dollars on a Postscript RIP just to get > better colour. Basically excellent colour at little cost. > > To be entirely transparent I should point out I played a part in the > development of the technology that Ilford used. > > You can find the press releases here: > http://www.sw2000.com/news/press_releases/new/news3.asp > http://www.ilford.com/html/us_english/pr/0203_Printer_drivers-pma.html > > Best Wishes, > > Steve Lawrence > _______________________________________________ > colorsync-users mailing list | colorsync-users@... > Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/colorsync-users > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.