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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Kawasaki, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A printing system includes a host computer with an application and an image forming apparatus. The host computer includes a color space setting unit and print data creating unit. The color space setting unit sets a color space that can create grayscale images. The print data creating unit performs color conversion on a print object created by the application to create print data, the color conversion being appropriate for the color space. The image forming apparatus includes a grayscale image creating unit and printing unit. The grayscale image creating unit performs color conversion on the print object, which is included in the print data, to create a grayscale image, the color conversion being appropriate for the color space of the print object. The printing unit performs printing according to the grayscale image.