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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="color-notifications" xml:lang="ca">
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<link type="guide" xref="color#problems"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="color-why-calibrate"/>
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<desc>You can be notified if your color profile is old an inaccurate.</desc>
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<name>Richard Hughes</name>
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<email>richard@hughsie.com</email>
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<mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
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<mal:name>David Aguilera</mal:name>
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<mal:email>david.aguilera.moncusi@gmail.com</mal:email>
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<mal:years>2011</mal:years>
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<title>Can I get notified when my color profile is inaccurate?</title>
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Unfortunately we can't tell without recalibrating whether a device
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We can use a simple metric of the amount of time since calibration
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to determine if a recalibrate is recommended.
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Some companies have very specific timeout policies for profiles, as
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an inaccurate color profile can make a huge difference to an end
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If you set the timeout policy and a profile is older than the
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policy then a red warning triangle will be shown in the
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<guiseq><gui>System Settings</gui><gui>Color</gui></guiseq> dialog
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A warning notifications will also be shown every time you log into
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To set the policy for display and printer devices, you specify the
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maximum age of the policy in days:
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<output style="prompt">[rupert@gnome] </output><input>gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.color recalibrate-printer-threshold 180</input>
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<output style="prompt">[rupert@gnome] </output><input>gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.color recalibrate-display-threshold 180</input>