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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Shinichi Fukada, Kawasaki, JP;
Akio Suzuki, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Shinichi Fukada, Kawasaki, JP;
Akio Suzuki, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a comparison unit, a change unit, and a printing unit to perform variable printing in a form of a composite of a master page and a variable page. The comparison unit compares a color of the master page and a color of the variable page near a boundary line between the master page and the boundary page. In a case where the master page and the variable page are similar in color near the boundary line, the change unit changes the master page to another master page with a color that is not similar to the color of the variable page. The printing unit prints the another master page and the variable page in a composite form.