Control unit, control system, control method, and recording medium

A control apparatus for controlling execution of calibration on a printing apparatus, comprising:

• an acquiring unit configured to acquire, from a printing apparatus to be controlled, first sheet type information representing information regarding a common calibration sheet type used when a most recent common calibration was executed, a result of common calibration executed using the common calibration sheet type being applied to other sheet types;
• a determination unit configured to determine whether a state of the printing apparatus for a first sheet type specified by the first sheet type information satisfies a predetermined condition in accordance with a print volume of the printing apparatus;
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• a control unit configured to cause the printing apparatus to execute calibration using the first sheet type if the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition for the first sheet type is satisfied.

A control method comprising:

• acquiring, from a printing apparatus to be controlled, first sheet type information representing information regarding a common calibration sheet type used when a most recent common calibration was executed, a result of common calibration executed using the common calibration sheet type being applied to other sheet types;
• determining whether a state of the printing apparatus for a first sheet type specified by the first sheet type information satisfies a predetermined condition in accordance with a print volume of the printing apparatus;
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• causing the printing apparatus to execute calibration using the first sheet type if the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition for the first sheet type is satisfied.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program comprising program code that causes a computer to perform a control method comprising:

• acquiring, from a printing apparatus to be controlled, first sheet type information representing information regarding a common calibration sheet type used when a most recent common calibration was executed, a result of common calibration executed using the common calibration sheet type being applied to other sheet types;
• determining whether a state of the printing apparatus for a first sheet type specified by the first sheet type information satisfies a predetermined condition in accordance with a print volume of the printing apparatus;
• and
• causing the printing apparatus to execute calibration using the first sheet type if the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition for the first sheet type is satisfied.