Patent ID: 11936832
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A printing apparatus configured to execute printing by using a first color being a process color and a second color being a specific color different from the process color, comprising:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain color information to be printed in the specific color out of color information included in print data;
a detection unit configured to detect a specific location to be printed in the specific color based on the obtained color information in an image;
a first color conversion unit configured to subject the color information included in the print data to color conversion processing in accordance with a color conversion instruction;
a second color conversion unit configured to convert image data subjected to the color conversion processing in performing the first color conversion, in such a way as to turn color information corresponding to the specific location back to color information indicating the specific color before the color conversion processing is performed in performing the first color conversion, and
a printing unit configured to execute the printing on the specific location by using a second coloring material based on the color information indicating the specific color turned back in performing the second color conversion and to execute the printing on a location other than the specific location by using a first coloring material based on color information after the color conversion by the first color conversion unit.