Patent ID: 7580152

Claim:
A processing method in a print system, comprising the steps of: administrating correction characteristics of plural printers including a reference printer and at least a first printer, wherein the reference printer is a printer which is selected form among the plural printers and set by a client computer included in the print system; and updating the correction characteristics of the first printer in accordance with color reproducibility of the reference printer calibrated based on a value derived by measuring a plurality of patches formed by the reference printer and the correction characteristics based on latest calibration characteristics of the first printer included in the plural printers, in the event that no calibration request, based on a change in status of the first printer, has been generated to the first printer when the reference printer is calibrated, wherein said updating step updates the correction characteristics of the first printer in accordance with a print density value of the first printer without using the color reproducibility of the reference printer calibrated based on the derived value, in the event that a calibration request, based on a change in status of the first printer, has been generated to the first printer when the reference printer is calibrated.