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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
May. 07, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiko Hashimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Kevin F Piazza, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control system for controlling execution of calibration on a printing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire, from a printing apparatus to be controlled, first sheet type information representing information regarding a common calibration sheet type used when the most recent common calibration is executed, where a result of common calibration executed using the common calibration sheet type is applied to other sheet types, a determination unit configured to determine whether the state of the printing apparatus for the first sheet type satisfies a predetermined condition in accordance with a print volume of the printing apparatus, and a control unit configured to cause the printing apparatus to execute calibration using the first sheet type if the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition for the first sheet type is satisfied.