[cups.development] [RFE] STR #3192: Use Argyllcms for color management

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Argyllcms (http://www.argyllcms.com) provides a very good color management
library and set of tools to create and handle ICC and LUT profiles, apply
profiles to graphic files and convert color spaces or colors.


Description from Website:

"Argyll is an open source, ICC compatible color management system. It
supports accurate ICC profile creation for scanners, CMYK printers, film
recorders and calibration and profiling of displays. Spectral sample data
is supported, allowing a selection of illuminants observer types, and
paper fluorescent whitener additive compensation. Profiles can also
incorporate source specific gamut mappings for perceptual and saturation
intents. Gamut mapping and profile linking uses the CIECAM02 appearance
model, a unique gamut mapping algorithm, and a wide selection of rendering
intents. It also includes code for the fastest portable 8 bit raster color
conversion engine available anywhere, as well as support for fast, fully
accurate 16 bit conversion. Device color gamuts can also be viewed and
compared using a VRML viewer. Comprehensive documentation is provided for
each utility, and a general guide to using the tools for typical color
management tasks is also available. A mailing list provides support for
more advanced usage."



As ArgyllCMS does all the color management voodoo, it should be simple to
add it to the cups chain. It would be great if one could just assign an
ICC- or LUT-profile to a printer and CUPS uses ArgyllCMS to process the
color conversion.

Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3192
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