Am 07.04.2012 00:48, schrieb Gerhard Fuernkranz:
Am 06.04.2012 22:37, schrieb Nikolay Pokhilchenko:I'm interesting in the dithering option for printtarg TIFF output. [...] So, the most of modern color-managed printing programs performs the dithering after the conversion by device ICC profile but before sending the job to the printer.I just see one problem: Printtarg would need to use the same dithering algorithm as the "modern color-managed printing program", but how should printtarg know about this algorithm?
I.e. in the scenario you describe the profile does not just characterize the 8-bit printer, but it needs to characterize the combination of the the specific dithering engine of the "modern color-managed printing program", and the printer.
Best Regards, Gerhard