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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: EBS on April 08, 2007, 07:06:02 am

Title: HP Proprint Plug in for Adobe Photoshop CS2
Post by: EBS on April 08, 2007, 07:06:02 am

Does anyone know if this plugin is out for the Z series yet?

HP's site seems to indicate that it is, but there is no link to anything and other posts have a date of 23rd April:

http://h30267.www3.hp.com/country/us/en/pr...print_plug.html (http://h30267.www3.hp.com/country/us/en/products/large_format/Z2100/solutions/adobe_proprint_plug.html)

Thanks.

Title: HP Proprint Plug in for Adobe Photoshop CS2
Post by: cogden on April 16, 2007, 10:16:25 pm

According to one of the senior HP support people (been with HP Macintosh printer support for 12 years, in the Color Management group, etc.), they haven't even seen a beta yet and they've been told internally to look for it "in May".


FWIW, by all accounts it won't provide any net-new functionality. Rather, it replaces multiple (often confusing) print dialogs with one centralized one.

Apparently, it's "just" a PS extension and NOT a printer driver replacement (which is what would be needed to support direct, native 16bit).

It's disappointing because I was really hoping it would provide 16bit functionality (like Canon's plugin) for the Z3100 and save $1500+ on buying a RIP (that is, IF there is in fact tangible, "naked-eye" difference for "traditional" large landscapes with 16bit printing).