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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Takuya Shimahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Akidi Yoshida, Nagoya, JP;
Shota Morikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuyuki Miyaki, Ichinomiya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
In an image processing apparatus a controller acquires target image data representing an image including first and second type of objects. The controller specifies, as a specific type color material, one of first and second type of color materials whose remaining amount is smaller than that of the other, and determines a first reduction index value indicating a first degree of reduction in an amount of the specific type color material for printing the first type of object. The controller creates processed data by performing a reduction process on the target image data to reduce an amount of the specific type of color material for printing the first type of object on the basis of the first reduction index value. An amount of the specific type color material for printing the second type object is not reduced on the basis of the first reduction index value.