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Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2010
Applicants:

Hidetoshi Kawashima, Ebina, JP;

Atsushi Kitagawara, Ebina, JP;

Toshiyuki Yano, Ebina, JP;

Toshio Koriyama, Ebina, JP;

Inventors:

Hidetoshi Kawashima, Ebina, JP;

Atsushi Kitagawara, Ebina, JP;

Toshiyuki Yano, Ebina, JP;

Toshio Koriyama, Ebina, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes: a printing unit that prints image information containing two or more colors with a plurality of color information corresponding to a plurality of specified colors; and a changing unit that changes, when a total toner amount is larger than a threshold value, at least one of the plurality of color information corresponding to one of the plurality of specified colors so that the total toner amount to be used for printing the image information is smaller than the threshold value.


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