Repairing  HP DesignJet , Z3100, Z3200ps, Z Series Printers

ICC GEN for Windows and Mac

 

HOW TO'S  by Mark Lindquist


ICC GEN for Windows



(* Special thanks to Ben Lindquist)

CREATING THE ICC PROFILE USING ARGYLLCMSII SOFTWARE VIA ICC GEN JAVA SOFTWARE

 I use Argyll CMI II software and a JAVA interface built by my son to convert the .TXT file to .ICC profile.

This is a 3 step download/install process:

 1. CLICK LINK TO =>

DOWNLOAD JAVA FOR YOUR SYSTEM

2. CLICK LINK TO =>

DOWNLOAD ARGYLLCMSII FOR WINDOWS

  (Please consider donating to the Argyll Software website)

3. CLICK LINK TO =>
 

NEXT, I use ICC GEN to create the ICC profile

Install ICC GEN or use Argyll any other way you prefer, or any other software that will convert the .csv, or .txt file to an ICC profile.  I1Profile, RGB DROP, and many other programs will do the same thing.  The ICC GEN program is made in Java and only works for both Mac and Windows systems.  READ directions for installing and using.  There is no technical suppoprt for ICC GEN.  ICC GEN simply harnesses Argyll software and runs the commands.  All you have to do is find the Bin folder  where you have downloaded Argyll, and  input that into the top selection, then specify anywhere you would like ICC GEN to put the finished ICC Profile.  Press GO then wait, and after a while it says it's done and the ICC profile is with the .csv file.

Instructions below are for  WINDOWS

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:

CREATE a FOLDER on your DESKTOP CALLED ICC GEN.

DOWNLOAD  ICC GEN for Windows and Argyll (see above), 
AND INSTALL ALL FILES in the ICCGen folder on your DESKTOP:



DOUBLE CLICK The Bottom Lower left "ICC GEN" to open up the ICCGen interface


 

Next, Find the .ICC file (which is in the same file as your .csv or .txt file) and install it in the paper preset management under the exact profile that was created as a preset for the paper calibration. (It installs on top of the old profile and becomes the new profile.




The printer installs the profile and puts it in the list with the other papers and .icc profiles






Special thanks to Geraldo Garcia for his tutorial on Luminous-Landscape Forum, and to
Ben Lindquist for creating ICC GEN for me to be able to use Argyll software without having to go into terminal.

LINK TO GERALDO'S TUTORIAL

Special thanks to Graeme Gill for  ArgyIICMS

ICC GEN uses V 1.9.2

Special Thanks to Mark McCormick-Goodhart for finding the bug in the install instructions
and to son Ben for figuring out what I did wrong.

The profile is set up to generate an RGB profile for use with relative colormetric rendering intent.
Future iterations may include others, such as perceptual, etc.

LINK TO MAKING PROFILES FOR HP Z3200 PRINTERS


This tutorial is for my own notes so that I can come back and remember how to do it, if I forget a part of it.
If you use the tutorial, do so at your own risk.  I make no guarantees. This is just how I do it on my Mac system.