Patent ID: 8363283

Claim:
A printing setting apparatus, comprising: a communication connection part configured to establish a connection to a printing apparatus so as to enable a communication therewith; a printing setting part configured to make a setting with respect to printing of printing data to be transmitted to the printing apparatus; a ground pattern adding part configured to add a first ground pattern to the printing data in response to the printing setting part making a first setting for adding the first ground pattern; a ground pattern addition information obtaining part configured to obtain ground pattern addition information indicating whether a second setting for adding a second ground pattern is made in the printing apparatus by bidirectionally performing the communication with the printing apparatus; and a ground pattern addition setting information acceptance control part configured to disable the printing setting part from accepting the first setting for adding the first ground pattern in response to the ground pattern addition information obtaining part obtaining the ground pattern addition information indicating that the second setting for adding the second ground pattern is made in the printing apparatus, and to enable the printing setting part to accept the first setting for adding the first ground pattern in response to the ground pattern addition information obtaining part obtaining the ground pattern addition information indicating that the second setting for adding the second ground pattern is not made in the printing apparatus.