Argyll is an open source, ICC compatible color management system. It supports accurate ICC profile creation for scanners, CMYK printers, film recorders and calibration and profiling of displays. Spectral sample data is supported, allowing a selection of illuminants observer types, and paper fluorescent whitener additive compensation. Profiles can also incorporate source specific gamut mappings for perceptual and saturation intents. Gamut mapping and profile linking uses the CIECAM02 appearance model, a unique gamut mapping algorithm, and a wide selection of rendering intents. It also includes code for the fastest portable 8 bit raster color conversion engine available anywhere, as well as support for fast, fully accurate 16 bit conversion. Device color gamuts can also be viewed and compared using a VRML viewer. Comprehensive documentation is provided for each utility, and a general guide to using the tools for typical color management tasks is also available. A mailing list provides support for more advanced usage.
Argyll is a collection of source code that compiles into a set of
command
line tools, licensed under the GNU licensing terms.
Argyll also includes a general purpose ICC profile
format access library, icclib, and a general purpose CGATS file format
I/O library.
Also hosted here, is DPS a "Demo Print System". This is an inkjet
printer driver framework, currently aimed at driving the Epson R1800
printer. This is under development, and not yet complete.
If you'd like to help support ArgyllCMS, please see the Donation
information at the bottom of this page.