Robert,
Thanks for all the info. I hope that when HP fixes APS they don't forget those of us who've already purchased it and are using it on the Z3100. It would sure be nice to get an update that addresses the issues you've highlighted.
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Hi All
It seems that we have gotten to the bottom of my issue with APS and it now works properly, sort of… Hp colour centre assumes a target illuminant of D50 while APS gives you the option of D50 or D65. I am still not convinced that this works properly in either case which is where my sort of comment comes into play.
If you are using Photoshop CS3 to Softproof and print combined with Qimage you will need to make two profiles with APS in order to use Absolute rendering.
An APS profile created with an illuminant option of D65 will try simulate D50 lighting conditions when soft proofed or printed using Photoshop and Absolute Colormetric rendering. This same profile will work perfectly with Qimage with Absolute Colormetric.
An APS profile created with an illuminant option of D50 will work perfectly in Photoshop when using Absolute Colormetric but will try simulate D65 lighting when using Qimage and Absolute Colormetric.
Now with the Colour Centre profile, you do not have the option of selecting D65 so it will only work properly with Photoshop when using with Absolute Colormetric rendering.
My tests were conducted with Photoshop and Absolute Colormetric rendering and which is where the issue arose as I was using the D65 option and it was even more confusing when the same profile worked properly in Qimage.
All of the profiles work properly in all of the application with the other rendering intents.
So in conclusion I am happy to report the results from APS on a Z3200 are really good (as good if not slightly better than from PrintFix pro) but you may need two profiles.
The results from APS on the z3100 are still not as good as I get from PrintFix pro.
Robert