Olaf, all, what you showed in your email, can be done on the commandline. But most users prefere GUI's for such tasks. Your calibration is a good start.
Why not using a open source GUI application, which supports colour management: http://www.behrmann.name/index.php?option=com_weblinks&catid=69&Itemid=95 or probably http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_color_management With such you can work on a profiled image (sRGB?/AdobeRGB/L-StarRGB ...) and watch with your monitor profile colour corrected on the fly. Printout is done with your print profile applied before sending to your local printer. For a remote print service your application should support embedding of profiles during saving the image. Ask your print service to which colour space to convert. If they dont can say which colour space, they probably dont support colour management and you will probably get more or less a pleasing product not a accurate one. Maybe this satisfies you and thats ok. For accurate matching check the Scribus wiki about this toppic: http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?page=cms On what operating system does you work? This would help to give a more specific suggestion. regards Kai-Uwe Behrmann + development for color management + imaging / panoramas + email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + http://www.behrmann.name Am 05.08.06, 00:35 +0200 schrieb Olaf Gellert: > Hi, > > just for me to make sure that I understand, what I have > to do to get fotos printed with intended colors: > > I am working on my photos (usually with GIMP) on a > calibrated display (NEC2180 + Eye-One). When I edited > a photo to my pleasure, I guess this is what I will > have to do: > > - Save the image with GIMP (as usual) > - Use jpegicc or tifficc, using my monitor profile > as input profile and the printer profile (given > by my print service provider) as output profile. > - send the image to the print service > > Is this correct? Or would I just embed my own > monitor profile? Then the print service could > convert to his own profile and send the result > to the printer? > > Am I missing something? > > How would I prepare photos for prints on a certain > kind of paper? Or is this always left to the printer- > driver? > > Cheers, Olaf > > -- > Olaf Gellert _ - __o > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _- _ <,_ > http://www.arasca.de/ - (_)/ (_) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Due to circumstances beyond your control > you are master of your fate & captain of your soul. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Lcms-user mailing list Lcms-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user
