Patent ID: 8373896
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a change-amount acquiring unit configured to acquire an amount of change in lightness between an image after a color toner is fixed to a recording medium and an image after the color toner and a third amount of a transparent toner are fixed to the recording medium, the third amount of the transparent toner amount being previously used and stored; a determining unit configured to determine whether the amount of change in lightness acquired by the change-amount acquiring unit is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold; and a setting unit configured to set an amount of the transparent toner to be fixed to the recording medium at zero when the determining unit determines that the amount of change in lightness is equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold and to set the amount of the transparent toner to be fixed to the recording medium at the third amount of the transparent toner when the determining unit determines that the amount of change in lightness is smaller than the predetermined threshold.