As recently as April 2nd, I spoke separately with their senior tech support person and their president, both of whom "swore" that IP v7 for Z3100 would ship in the first or second week of April...
I failed to ask which year
PS. they said too that IP will provide significantly better Gamut, low L's, and much better visible resolution, esp. for images with large dynamic range. They said that one of the big reasons was their use of the Spectrolino to make much better profiles than the std or APS-enhanced Z3100 is capable of.
They were both helpful, persuasive, friendly, and upbeat people with whom eto speak.
Hmmm. It's getting hard to tell what's real or not.
It sure would be nice if someone who has access to the gear could run a seroes pf structured "real-world" tests with HP's canned profiles, custom ones with std Z3100, custom with APS, and custom from ColorByte using representative color (and B&W) landscapes. Add in a set of variables of 8bit vs. 16bit and glossy, semi-gloss, and mat HP paper and we got something real and helpful!
Maybe we could pool $'s and each pay shipping to the next person with a set of test prints -- sort of a "test print" chain letter?
