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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="color-notifications" xml:lang="pa">
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="color-notifications" xml:lang="pa">
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<revision pkgversion="3.7.1" version="0.2" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/>
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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 and inaccurate.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.7.1" version="0.2" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-11-04" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Richard Hughes</name>
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<email>richard@hughsie.com</email>
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<email its:translate="no">richard@hughsie.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<desc>You can be notified if your color profile is old and inaccurate.</desc>
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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>Settings</gui><gui>Color</gui></guiseq> dialog
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A warning notification 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 profile in days:
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<p>You can be reminded to recalibrate your devices after a specific period of
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time. Unfortunately, it is not possible to tell without recalibrating whether
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a device profile is accurate, so it is best to recalibrate devices
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<p>Some companies have very specific calibration expiry policies for
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profiles, as an inaccurate color profile can make a huge difference to an end
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<p>If you set the timeout policy and a profile is older than the policy then
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a red warning triangle will be shown in the <gui>Color</gui> panel next to
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the profile. A warning notification will also be shown every time you log
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into your computer.</p>
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<p>To set the policy for display and printer devices, you specify the
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maximum age of the profile in days:</p>
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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>
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<output style="prompt">$ </output><input>gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.color recalibrate-printer-threshold 180</input>
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<output style="prompt">$ </output><input>gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.color recalibrate-display-threshold 90</input>
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