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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yabe, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are provided: an attribute determination unit configured to determine an attribute of an object included in image data to be subjected to printing processing; a color conversion unit configured to convert the color space of the image data into a color space compatible with a printing apparatus in accordance with the determination results obtained by the attribute determination unit; an edge determination unit configured to determine an edge of an object included in the image data whose color space has been converted by the color conversion unit; and a black monochromatization unit configured to convert the color of a pixel, which is a pixel of an achromatic object of the objects of the image data whose color space has been converted into the color space compatible with the printing apparatus and which is a pixel determined to be an edge by the edge determination unit, into black alone.