Making Profiles with the HP Z3100

One of the most exciting features of the new HP Z3100 series printers is the built-in capability to make profiles. This is made possible by the inclusion of an actual spectrophotometer in the printer head assembly. This spectro photometer also serves double duty for the linearization process that HP uses to “calibrate” the printer.
Epson and HP both strive to make their printers accurate and repeatable. Epson has done this by using special ized hardware and software that operate in the background. Even way back with the 7600/9600 printers, this provided amazing consistency over time, and from printer to printer. Because of this, each 9600 printer basi cally prints identically to each other. This is why Bill Atkinson could let other 7600/9600 owners use his special profiles. I have seen this in practice, printing the same reference target on various 9600s, and they are amazingly alike. This is also true with the 7800/9800 printers. With their newest 7880/9880/11880 printers...