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01/31/2012 07:17:13 PM · #1
With my new laptop, I'm having a bit of an annoyance with my Pantone Huey color calibrator. Just wondering if anyone has similar issues, or, better yet, solutions :)

When the laptop screen awakens after being off for a bit, it doesn't automatically reload the Huey profile automatically. I need to click the Huey icon and manually have it "adjust for room light." Even then it usually switches to the Huey profile, then bounces back to the default, so I click it again to get it to stay with the Huey settings.

I called Pantone today, and the tech guy referred me to this page, which provides a better description of the problem and a proposed solution:

//www.slagermanphoto.com/2010/09/22/windows-color-management-solution/

I tried following the solution, but it's still not working properly.

Just curious to see if anyone has had similar problems, or if a different calibration tool (Spyder?) would overcome these issues.
01/31/2012 07:33:07 PM · #2
You're telling the OS specifically what the default ICC profile should be, and the setting is not taking? That is very strange. Now, if the Huey software is constantly updating the profile, and the OS isn't seeing this updated profile as the previously-identified default, then I can understand the behavior.
In fact, as flakey as the OS behavior sounds, it probably makes perfect sense on some level. The OS needs to detect and react to hardware changes, such as different displays, and it should not retain a profile for a specific display if the display is changed. If, for some reason, the OS is interpreting certain interruptions as indications of a hardware update or change, it might make sense for it to reload a generic default.
I think that the author of the article you linked to is on the right track with blaming conflicts between the OS and the 3rd-party software, but I also think it has to do with the OS's reaction to certain interrupts.
I don't use any 3rd-party software to load ICC profiles, so I have no relevant experience to share.
01/31/2012 10:49:46 PM · #3
I see what you mean... wish I had a fix for it, though!
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