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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2009
Takayuki Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Hatanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Hatanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus for converting input image data into output image data for an image forming apparatus configured to output an image with the use of coloring material, which includes a unit configured to perform a coloring-material usage amount reduction process of converting the input image data into the output image data such that an amount of the coloring material used for color-printing the input image data becomes a target coloring-material usage amount defined based on a monochrome-printing coloring-material usage amount required for monochrome-printing the input image data.