Colour manage in photoshop..

I am using Windows 7 64bit.
When I go to File --> Print with Preview I want to select under the print profile for Photoshop to manage colour' and NOT the printer but the list only has a list of ICCs and 'Printer manage colours'.
Wheres it disappeared?
I use Photoshop CS3.
I load images & photos and convert to working RGB which is sRGB. But when I send to print I get different colours. I tried going to Print --> select HP Z2100 44" --> click Properties --> Application manage but it still prints out wrong!
I don't understand what combination of settings to choose to get the right colours!

If I read you correctly, you're hoping to see printer/paper profiles in the list?
According to at least one page on HP's web site, they expect you to print a standard color target on the particular paper you use, then profile your printer using a measurement device and its software to create your own profile.
A quick search in Google for "printer profiling" turns up some device manufacturers (e.g., X-Rite).
Adobe has recently released a program for printing color targets without any color-management, to facilitate the profiling process:  http://forums.adobe.com/thread/759238?tstart=60
With some printers pre-created profiles can be found and downloaded from the Internet.  I did a quick Internet search with Google for "hp z2100 profile download" and found some profiles for your printer listed for particular papers.
Note that any ICC file you download or create will need to be saved in this folder in order for it to show up in the list of profiles shown by Photoshop:
C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color
-Noel

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