Wow, you've opened up the can of worms Phil.
As you know, the carefully managed workflow is the way to go from beginning to end.
Here's how the z series printer fits into it.
Profile monitor.
Set color settings in Software - mostly go with pro photo.
You calibrate the paper, you make paper profiles (ICC profiles).
Your profiles are based on existing profiles that you accept as canned, or you update with your own made with the embedded spectrophotometer.
When you make your own custom profiles, they are based on pre-existing profiles.
Find and Download this HP document:
WORKING WITH NON-HP PAPERS. Near the end are about 4 pages that have charts telling what inks are used for what papers. THAT becomes your guide to profiling.
If you get overwhelmed and you need to produce quickly for your deadline and don't have the time to learn it all, you can always print letting the printer manage color. Sacriledge to sway this here, however in certain cases, it does a fairly good job. Don't rule it out, use your paper profiles and just try it. The idea is to get your job going and get work done. It's the point and shoot way of doing it if youre overwhelmed and in a jam.
It takes time to learn to use the Z3200 to its max capabilities. Wade into one thing at a time and get it down then move on to the next. Best to use some relatively cheap paper in the formative stage that you can just rip up and throw away.
Keep asking questions when you need to.
-Mark
