Patent ID: 8345309
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus that forms an image with color toners and a particular toner different from the color toners, wherein the color tanners are used for full color printing of cyan, magenta, yellow and black, the apparatus comprising: a storage component configured to store image data and attribute information indicating an attribute of each pixel in said image data; a compression component configured to compress said attribute information; a change component configured to change attribute information except particular toner information for forming an image with said particular toner of said attribute information, so that a data amount of said compressed attribute information does not exceed a storage capacity of said storage component, when a data amount of the compressed attribute information exceeds the storage capacity; a component configured to store the attribute information changed by said change component into said storage component; and a component configured to form a full color image and a particular toner image by performing image processing using said attribute information stored in said storage component for said image data stored in said storage component.