Patent ID: 8867096
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a log obtaining unit configured to obtain a print log which is an execution history of a print job; a color utilization ratio obtaining unit configured to obtain the total number of color pages and the total number of black-and-white pages in the total number of pages in past print jobs from the print log obtained by the log obtaining unit and to obtain a color utilization ratio indicating the ratio of the total number of color pages in the past print jobs from the obtained result; a determination unit configured to determine to perform mixed color correction and single color correction when the color utilization ratio obtained by the color utilization ratio obtaining unit is equal to or larger than a threshold value and to perform the single color correction without performing the mixed color correction when the color utilization ratio is smaller than the threshold value; and a correction unit configured to perform the correction determined by the determination unit.