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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1998
Masahito Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hideki Adachi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiko Hirooka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuya Nozaki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The color determination circuit detects hue of the color image information, and the controller decides a color component to be separated (separation color) in accordance with the detected hue. Output color by the printer is set in correspondence with the separation color. The two-color-separating circuit separates the color image information into image information on at least two color components in accordance with the decided separation colors. The separated image information on the each color is transmitted to the printer via printer density correction circuits and , and a buffer . Thereby it is possible to provide an image processing apparatus capable of setting and changing the separation color and the output color by automatic operation or by simple manual operation, thus the expression of the image forming can be improved.