Patent ID: 9256152
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire transmission information indicating transmittance of light of a printing medium used in image formation; a first setting unit configured to set a reduction ratio indicating maximum percentages of mounted amount of color materials with respect to a maximum amount of mounted color materials used in the image formation based on the transmission information; a second setting unit configured to set a fixing index indicating a fixing state of the color materials with respect to the printing medium based on the transmission information; and a third setting unit configured to allow a user to set a printing condition, wherein the first setting unit and the second setting unit make the settings based on the transmission information and the printing condition, and wherein the printing condition comprises a viewing-density priority mode and a color material saving mode as printing modes, the reduction ratio in the color material saving mode is set to be less than the reduction ratio in the viewing-density priority mode, and the fixing index in the color material saving mode is set to be greater than the fixing index in the viewing-density priority mode.