Retaining monitor calibration for AD users

[bshearrow]

Hi all,

I am in the process of imaging an art lab which requires me to
create a new image with a calibrated monitor for users when
they login. Is there a way to get an .icc file to overwrite the
standard imac display settings? Basically my goal is for AD
users to login and get the default template I’ve setup with a
calibrated monitor profile I’ve set with a colormunki.

I’ve tried setting it up using my default user account and copying
it into the user template. That allows one to retrieve the .icc file,
but wont retain the selection of said setting. I’ve tried to write over
the default monitor profile as well, but it always reverts back to the
stock profile.

[khiltd]

A profile built for one display/video card combination will not be valid on another, even if they’re the same make and model. You need to calibrate every workstation individually for there to be any point to calibrating them at all, otherwise you’re just substituting one inaccurate generic profile for another inaccurate generic profile, which isn’t going to make soft-proofing any easier for anyone.

The actual setting of the profile used to be recorded in /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist I believe, but I’m not seeing it there now. Either way, that preference is keyed by a unique device ID which will also not translate from one machine to another, so simply duplicating this file would not help. You could write a small tool to set the profile for you on login, or I have an application that lets you choose the profile from the menu bar.

[bshearrow]

I guess I should elaborate.

I started by calibrating each of the 40 imacs one by one.

My issue is that when a new network user logs in- they
have to select the calibration that i’ve put in the default
template’s colorsync folder or in the app resources folder.

The desired result is to bind the calibration I’ve preformed
one by one at a system level. I understand that I can create
a login hook, but my apple engineer told me that it would
no longer work when we go to 10.6

[khiltd]

Don’t write a login hook, write a launchd job.

[khiltd]

If anyone is still interested, I bundled up an Automator action that will allow you to set display profiles from custom workflows inside my ProfileMenu application.

10.6 only.

[url]http://khiltd.com/software/profilemenu[/url]

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