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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1987
Yasumichi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Katoh, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Ohnishi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiro Kadowaki, Yokohama, JP;
Toshio Honma, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A color image processing apparatus such as a color copying machine has a color appointing device for enabling an operator to appoint any desired color involved in an original image, a color range changing device for manually or automatically changing the size of range of the colors which can be regarded as being the same as the predetermined color, a target color appointing device for appointing a color to which the predetermined color is to be converted, and a color image forming device such as a laser beam printer for forming a color image with the predetermined color and colors in the color range converted into the target color.