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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
May. 14, 2010
Nobutaka Miyake, Yokohama, JP;
Yusuke Hashii, Chofu, JP;
Makoto Torigoe, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Iguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuya Suwa, Yokohama, JP;
Minako Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiromitsu Akiba, Yokohama, JP;
Nobutaka Miyake, Yokohama, JP;
Yusuke Hashii, Chofu, JP;
Makoto Torigoe, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Iguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuya Suwa, Yokohama, JP;
Minako Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiromitsu Akiba, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
For a printing apparatus which saves on a color material, an image processing apparatus is realized which enables a user to incur printing costs only for necessary information and necessary areas in a print product. For this purpose, there is provided an image processing apparatus including a separation unit configured to analyze and separate print information into text, photograph, and graphic constituent elements, a display unit configured to display information about a color material used amount to be used in printing for each of the separated constituent elements, and a setting unit configured to allow a user to set a change in the color material used amount for each of the separated constituent elements.