Patent ID: 9709922
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a memory; a controller that includes a circuit and a processor coupled to the memory and executes the following: generating a composite image to be combined with an input image, wherein the input image is to be printed on a first area on a sheet and the composite image is to be printed on a second area on the sheet, and the first area and the second area are allocated separately on the sheet; obtaining a value indicating a toner amount to be used in printing the input image; determining, based on at least a size of the second area and a rate of the composite image area to the second area, a value indicating a toner amount to be used in printing the composite image generated; calculating, based on the value indicating the toner amount to be used in printing the input image and the value indicating the toner amount to be used in printing the composite image, a value indicating a toner amount to be used in printing the input image with which the composite image has been combined; and notifying a printing unit of the value calculated.