Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An information processing method for displaying and setting operating conditions of a peripheral device, the information processing method comprising:

• selecting two or more operating conditions from a plurality of operating conditions;
• comparing the selected two or more operating conditions for each of a plurality of operating condition items that constitute each operating condition;
• and
• controlling a display unit to display the selected two or more operating conditions by displaying, in a first display mode, an operating condition item whose value is different between the two or more operating conditions and by displaying, in a second display mode different from the first display mode, another operating condition item whose value is identical between the two or more operating conditions.

A storage medium storing a set of program instructions, executable on a data processing device, for displaying and setting operating conditions of a peripheral device, the instructions comprising:

• selecting two or more operating conditions from a plurality of operating conditions;
• comparing the selected two or more operating conditions for each of a plurality of operating condition items that constitute each operating condition;
• and
• controlling a display unit to display the selected two or more operating conditions by displaying, in a first display mode, an operating condition item whose value is different between the two or more operating conditions and by displaying, in a second display mode different from the first display mode, another operating condition item whose value is identical between the two or more operating conditions.