Technical Newsletter:
HP Advanced Profiling Solution
June 10
th
, 2007
Summary
The HP Advanced Profiling Solution (APS) powered by X-Rite is an
integrated solution for calibrating and profiling monitors, profiling
HP Designjet Z Photo Printer series and for validating and
optimizing ICC profiles.
A number of profiling solutions are available ranging from the in-the-
box HP Easy Profiling Solution (EPS), over optional software and
hardware bundles like APS, to high end stand-alone software
packages like X-Rite ProfileMaker, Monaco, or Heidelberg
PrintOpen. The features and price points of these solutions vary
widely, from very easy to use and included in the printer purchase price, to quite
sophisticated and expensive.
The HP Advanced Profiling Solution powered by X-Rite represents a reasonable
middle ground with respect to features and price. All solutions provide good
colorimetric accuracy, but especially the details of perceptual rendering intents can
and do vary. As usual, the best advice is to compare carefully and use the most
fitting tool for the job.
In the following pages we describe in detail the HP Advanced Profiling Solution
(page 2-5) and we provide a comparison to other profiling solutions (page 6).
