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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Shunsuke Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunsuke Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a display unit; a screen control unit configured to control display of operation screens on the display unit so that there are more operation procedures for color printing compared to monochrome printing in printing operations performed by a user; a setting change unit configured to change a print setting of print data of a selected stored job, among stored jobs stored in a predetermined storage area, to monochrome or color when a print execution instruction is received, based on the print execution instruction received from an operation screen controlled and displayed by the screen control unit; and a print control unit configured to execute monochrome printing or color printing on the print data according to the print setting changed by the setting change unit.