On Feb 2, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Josh Andler wrote:
Another possible project could be long overdue color separated PDF exporting, but this means a prerequsuite of Cairo being able to do that. It's a considerably expensive project (bulia estimated it it as $30K back in 2008), and, what's also important, is that Jon Cruz is currently on it, which is good and bad at the same time, because Jon has the right understanding of what needs doing, but, with all respect due again, I have my doubts that he'll be able to finish it any time soon.
FYI, the cairo changes needed for print can perhaps start to show up a bit sooner rather than later. Had some good talks with Carl, Eric and others and things are looking up for a decent API to begin.
However, the one thing we need to be careful about is "separations" and "color separated". Those have special connotations that include converting from RGB to CMYK or CMYKOG to the degree of controlling lpi, screen angle, dot shape, etc. All are very complex things that we could avoid if possible.