What is the HP Advanced Profiling Solution (APS)?
The HP Advanced Profiling Solution (APS) powered by X-Rite is a software and
hardware package for generating ICC profiles, with a wizard style user interface.
It uses the HP Designjet Z Photo printer series’ Embedded Spectro-Photometer (ESP)
for printer profiling, and an in-the-box X-Rite Eye-One Display 2 colorimeter for
monitor profiling. Both Mac and Windows versions are available. APS is sold as a
software accessory by HP and/or bundled with certain versions of the HP
Designjet Z Photo printer series (region dependent). The figure below shows the
main user interface.
What does APS do?
HP APS calibrates and builds International Color Consortium (ICC
1
) compliant
color profiles for HP Designjet Z Photo Printer series and for any computer monitor.
ICC profiles describe the range of colors that a given device can capture or
produce, and how to obtain those colors. They are a fundamental element in
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www.icc.org
