Stanley Conrad
17-Aug-2013, 07:55
I am creating a printer profile for another printer using my HP Z3200's spectrometer.
To do this I open the HP Utility and select "Color Center", then "Paper Preset Management", then "Color Measurement".
Color Measurement apparently doesn't show up in a post script printers!
In the Color Measurement dropdown I chose "Export a color chart as a Tiff for external printing". I named a file and chose "RGB 343 patches (7x7x7)"
I printed the color charts with Photoshop CS6 using the Adobe Color Printer Utility with my HP 950C. After they dried thoroughly I reopened the HP Utility and went to Color Measurement and this time chose "Measure a color chart previously printed".
There were two options to use in the "Measure a color chart previously printed" The file name had to have either a ".txt" or a "csv" extension. I chose the ".txt" extension and ran the two sheets through the Z3200 and it created a profile. (I actually did one with the "csv" extension also)
Here is the problem. What do I do with a profile with a ".txt" extension when profiles have an "icc" extension. I tried a "save as" with .icc as the suffix, but it didn't work. In other words how do I use the profile I just created??? Seems like somewhere in the software there should be a way to convert the txt to icc. As an aside, the profile ends up being saved in Start\User Name\Appdata\Roaming\HP\HP Printer Utility. Seems like a strange place. I'm using a PC with win7 64 bit.
Any Ideas? I called HP and had their specialist look into the problem. Have not heard back yet.
Thanks for hopeful solution
Stan Conrad
To do this I open the HP Utility and select "Color Center", then "Paper Preset Management", then "Color Measurement".
Color Measurement apparently doesn't show up in a post script printers!
In the Color Measurement dropdown I chose "Export a color chart as a Tiff for external printing". I named a file and chose "RGB 343 patches (7x7x7)"
I printed the color charts with Photoshop CS6 using the Adobe Color Printer Utility with my HP 950C. After they dried thoroughly I reopened the HP Utility and went to Color Measurement and this time chose "Measure a color chart previously printed".
There were two options to use in the "Measure a color chart previously printed" The file name had to have either a ".txt" or a "csv" extension. I chose the ".txt" extension and ran the two sheets through the Z3200 and it created a profile. (I actually did one with the "csv" extension also)
Here is the problem. What do I do with a profile with a ".txt" extension when profiles have an "icc" extension. I tried a "save as" with .icc as the suffix, but it didn't work. In other words how do I use the profile I just created??? Seems like somewhere in the software there should be a way to convert the txt to icc. As an aside, the profile ends up being saved in Start\User Name\Appdata\Roaming\HP\HP Printer Utility. Seems like a strange place. I'm using a PC with win7 64 bit.
Any Ideas? I called HP and had their specialist look into the problem. Have not heard back yet.
Thanks for hopeful solution
Stan Conrad