Z3100 won't calibrate via win 7 and printer utility

[Rocco Penny]

I can calibrate using a new profile I build from scratch on my platform,
but when I try to recalibrate an existing target using printer utility, my printer utility just goes back to the previous screen when I click on calibrate paper.
So I can't calibrate existing paper from my computer, only from my printer front window.
Also, when I look into the device manager menu tree the z3100 resides on a usb Serial bus controller
That doesn't seem right.
Wouldn't it residwe on LPT port 1 or something like that?
I'm a beginner, so if you have the simple answer of why my computer won't communicate with my printer hdd I'm all ears
Thanks for any help.

[Rocco Penny]

Nevermind,
all sudden I have made the connection,
IDK what I enabled,
but there you go...
Thank you

[Rocco Penny]

I spoke too soon.
The job accounting tab and the settings tab have both become functional, IDK what I did but they work now.
I still cannot get color center to work fully.
I built a profile from scratch via color center & all color center functions work except
calibrate paper and create paper preset.
I sure want to calibrate from my desktop.
I cannot get the calibrate paper function to work from my desktop, but I can get it to work off the printer front panel.
Any clues?
Thank you all for the space
Oh yes, I failed to mention this is on a brand new Win7 pro PC running all brand new hardware and drivers.
Everything is up to date
Thanks and thanks once more

[Ernst Dinkla]

An old XP system kept running for that kind of tasks and even then I have to switch the Zs Off and On to get calibration and profiling done. I never claimed that HP has nice software.


met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst

Try: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/

[Rocco Penny]

Hi and thank you,
do I remember you writing about using the onboard profiler other than conventionally??
Are you using it for profiling?

[Ernst Dinkla]

Measuring on the Z a target printed on another printer? Yes. Creating a Z readable QTR 17 step B&W target to adjust the Z3200 non linearity with a Qimage curves made Printer Filter. Not yet finished and possibly not a wise job. Or something else?

met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst

330+ paper white spectral plots:

http://www.pigment-print.com/spectralplots/spectrumviz_1.htm