Patent ID: 8836973

Claim:
A print setting apparatus comprising: a user interface that is configured to receive a user instruction when a user sets a print condition for a printer, at least one setting item that includes a plurality of set contents, being set for the print condition; and a control device configured to perform: executing a calibration process for calibrating print characteristic; obtaining a status of the printer indicating a status change of the printer depending on the calibration process, each of the plurality of set contents being a suitable set content suitable for the status of the printer or an unsuitable set content unsuitable for the status of the printer; determining whether a set content set for the one setting item is the suitable set content or the unsuitable set content based on the obtained status of the printer indicating the status change of the printer depending on the calibration process, and based on a table that correlates the plurality of set contents with one of the suitable set content and the unsuitable set content for the status change; executing at least one of a process for restricting the set content, which is determined as the unsuitable set content, from being used for a printing operation and a process for displaying a determination result in the user interface in a manner to distinguish the set content, which is determined as the unsuitable set content, from another set content in the plurality of set contents which is determined as the suitable set content in the user interface; and receiving a calibration execution command to execute the calibration process in the printer through the user interface if the control device determines the set content set for the one setting item is the unsuitable set content.