Patent ID: 7403303

Claim:
A printing method used in a printing system comprising a first printing apparatuses used for printing, a second printing apparatus that executes a calibration process on the first printing apparatus, and a network connecting the first and second printing apparatuses together, the method comprising: a step of continuing printing on the first printing apparatus when the first printing apparatus requests a calibration process of the second printing apparatus; a step of sensing a temperature of the second printing apparatus; a step of temperature information providing which comparing the temperature of the second printing apparatus acquired by the temperature sensing step with a temperature of the first printing apparatus to provide temperature information indicative of the need for heating or cooling; a step of sensing a humidity of the second printing apparatus; a step of humidity information providing which comparing the humidity of the second printing apparatus acquired by the humidity sensing step with a humidity of the first printing apparatus to provide humidity information indicative of the need for humidification or dehumidification; a step of executing a process on the basis of information obtained from the temperature information providing step and the humidity information providing step, then reading the density of each patch of a patch pattern in the second printing apparatus, and generating density converted characteristic information on the basis of density results which information is required to obtain a target density characteristic; and a step of transmitting the density converted characteristic information to the first printing apparatus.