Patent ID: 7920291
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus adapted to perform variable printing in a form of a composite of a master page and a variable page, the image processing apparatus comprising: a comparison unit configured to compare a color of the master page and a color of the variable page near a boundary line between the master page and the variable page; a change unit configured to, in a case where the master page and the variable page are similar in color near the boundary line, change the master page to a changed master page with a color that is not similar to the color of the variable page; and a printing unit configured to print the changed master page and the variable page in a composite form, wherein the change unit changes the master page by performing at least one of movement in one of a main and sub scanning direction, rotation by an arbitrary angle, replacement to a minor image, and enlargement/reduction for the master page.