Since specific colors are required, some special Pantone display calibration may be required so that it is possible to select the specific Pantone colors, and they still produce the correct colors on the display without use of the display's color profile (to the best of the display's capability).
As far as I know, the GIMP does not support display profiles for interactive use. As was discussed a month or two ago on this list, Linux doesn't yet have a standard set of tools to support a managed color workflow so you would need to cobble one together from various tools, and establish a procedure which creates reproduceable results. You are facing challenges under Linux which do not exist under Windows or MacOS.
Bob
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Jeffrey Horner wrote:
Help!!
I'm a computer programmer who has convinced his wife to standardize on Linux/Gimp for her art licensing business. She saves everything in RGB TIFF, and so far so good...
But now she has a particular client who would like her to use specific Pantone colors in her work, and I know very little about color management, CMYK, Postscript Color, and ICC profiles. Essentially there's a manufacturer overseas that wants a digital file of my wife's artwork for test print runs. They need to match the Pantone colors given by the client, and I haven't a clue how to guarantee this.
I want her to continue using Gimp and other free software, so I thought that lcms might be the way to go. If anyone can give me some advice on how to ensure her client gets what she wants, that would be great. I literally don't know what to ask the manufacturer, so I'm seeking knowledge on this entire process.
Thanks in advance,
jhorner
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