[argyllcms] Re: Feature request: SANE integration

On Wednesday 27 August 2008 09:41:11 am Rene Bartsch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to propose some enhancements for Argyllcms by adding a SANE
> interface.
>
> 1.) At scanner calibration colprof should directly interface with SANE.
>
> That way you would just select the scanner, provide the path of the
> reference file and colprof would store the resulting profile at
> '/usr/share/icc/scanner/<-A parameter>-<-M parameter>.icc' (Linux/MacOS).
> It would be a simple two-step-profile creation for standard users (Put
> target on scanner -> colprof command).
>
>
> 2.) Integration of Argyllcms into SANE.
>
> SANE could just use Argyllcms as CMS engine. The path to a ICC-profile can
> be stored in the scanner configuration file of SANE. That way the user
> would be able to select whether he wants a TIFF file with attached profile
> or a scan with corrected absolute color values.
>
>
> I think SANE is a good start here as it provides a network daemon and
> clients for *NIX systems and a SANE-TWAIN-Bridge for Windows systems.
>
> Greetz
>
>
> Renne

I think the SANE folks have more or less decided that color management is a 
function of the front end software (IE. the user interface software) and XSANE 
now supports color management using ICC profiles.

Hal

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