Patent ID: 9227423
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B41J,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image processing apparatus for forming an image on a unit area of a print medium by performing a printing operation of a first printing mode and a second printing mode using a print head for ejecting coloring ink comprising coloring material and clear ink to the print medium, said apparatus comprising: a setting unit configured to set a mode including a first and second mode; and a determining unit configured to determine an use amount of the coloring ink, a first use amount of the clear ink which is an use amount of the clear ink for the printing operation that starts applying the clear ink to the unit area before completing applying the use amount of coloring ink to the unit area, and a second use amount of the clear ink which is an use amount of the clear ink for the printing operation that starts applying the clear ink to the unit area after completing applying the use amount of coloring ink to the unit area, based on an image data representing a color of the image, according to the mode set by said setting unit, wherein said determining unit determines the first use amount and the second use amount, such that a ratio of the first use amount determined based on the image data representing a color of an intermediate gradation image to the second use amount determined based on the image data for the first printing mode is different from a ratio for the second printing mode, and the same type of the clear ink is used in the first printing mode and the second printing mode.