Patent ID: 6975418

Claim:
A copying machine including an image reading unit and an image output unit for printing an image read by the image reading unit, said copying machine comprising: a network interface for connecting said copying machine to a network; search means for searching a plurality of image output apparatuses connected to the network; obtaining means for obtaining a state of each image output apparatus; operation means for displaying a plurality of searched image output apparatuses and a state of each searched image output apparatus, for inputting a user instruction according to the displayed states for selecting an image output apparatus, for which calibration is to be performed, from the displayed plurality of image output apparatuses, and for displaying an output status of a predetermined test pattern of the selected image output apparatus; pattern output means for causing the selected image output apparatus to output the predetermined test pattern; correction data generation means for generating correction data for the selected image output apparatus, based on test pattern data obtained from said image reading unit which reads the predetermined test pattern outputted by the selected image output apparatus; and setting means for setting the generated correction data as correction data for the selected image output apparatus.