Pascal de Bruijn wrote an extensive article about color management on Linux systems, covering basic explanations as well as the description of some tools.
There seems to be a lot of confusion about what color management is, what it is supposed to do, and most particularly how to use it on Linux.
Find the article here:
http://blog.pcode.nl/2012/01/29/color-management-on-linux/
In the article, you said: “dual head setups can complicate things”.
I’m not sure what you mean by ‘dual head’; does it refer to dual screen? could you elaborate a bit?
Thanks.
Hi Marie-Noëlle,
yes, he is talking about two screens attached to one pc. Since both screens need different ICC profiles it does not seem to be that easy.
I’m precisely in that case, as I use a laptop with an additional 23″ screen.
Both screens are characterized.
What should we need to know, in addition to what has already been written?
How easy is to setup Darktable to get reliable output (in particular vis-a-vis color) on desktop printers (in my case, an Epson R2880)?
The one thing that has kept me from ditching my Mac for Linux is this, so just wondering where things stand now.
In deed: CMYK (and lack of it) is THE only one that keeping me from switching to Linux.
Scribus is great, but I need editing or layer support in tools like GIMP and Darktable. As always, the problem is CMYK 100% black…