Re: ICC profiles in the ConTeXt Suite?

[Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@gmx.es>]

On 08/28/2017 02:53 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> Am 2017-08-28 um 10:37 schrieb luigi scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>:
> 
>> One of the reason to not include a color profile in the standard distribution
>> is that it's an advanced topic, a field for an advanced user.
>> It's quite easy to make pdf that looks ok, but are not ok for printing
>> (wrong profile for the medium)
>> or are invalid (it can happen if the pdf has an output intent with a
>> profile A, and the document has  a color with different profile B,
>> perhaps in an image).
>> On average the casual user will complain saying "ConTeXt makes wrong
>> pdf", perhaps  showing the result from a bugged validator
>> (all already happen, in several situations).
>>
>> The context meeting is the best place to talk of all these issues.
> 
> Ok, I’ll reserve a timeslot for PDF/(X/A/UA) discussion.

Unfortunately, I cannot attend the meeting.

I’m not especially interesting in doing the thing myself, but I want to
be able to use it.

BTW, Luigi, not including the profiles doesn’t prevent people messing
things, since they aren’t included and complaints had taken place.

Of course, I would be very interested in the results from the
discussions in the next meeting.

Pablo
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