Patent ID: 9225878
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image; a measuring unit configured to measure the image formed by the image forming unit; a control unit configured to control execution of a single-color calibration to be performed to correct single-color reproduction characteristics of the image forming unit based on a measuring result obtained when the measuring unit measures a single-color image formed by the image forming unit with a single-color recording agent, and execution of a multi-color calibration to be performed to correct multi-color reproduction characteristics of the image forming unit based on a measuring result obtained when the measuring unit measures a multi-color image formed by the image forming unit with a plurality of color recording agents; an acquisition unit configured to, in response to receiving an instruction for causing the control unit to successively execute the single-color calibration and the multi-color calibration, cause the measuring unit to measure a single-color image formed by the image forming unit after the single-color calibration has been executed by the control unit, and then acquire a difference between a target value for evaluating the single-color reproduction characteristics and a measured value obtained by measuring the single-color image formed by the image forming unit after the single-color calibration; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the single-color reproduction characteristics by using the difference acquired by the acquisition unit; and a switch unit configured to, if the evaluation unit evaluates the single-color reproduction characteristics as being appropriate based on the difference acquired by the acquisition unit, cause the control unit to execute the multi-color calibration according to the received instruction, and if the evaluation unit evaluates the single-color reproduction characteristics as being inappropriate based on the difference acquired by the acquisition unit, switch processing so as to cause the control unit to execute the single-color calibration again without following the received instruction.