Patent ID: 8848241
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a designation unit configured, in printing each of input first drawing data and second drawing data by using a spot color printing material, to designate a spot color effect achieved by using the spot color printing material; a first output sheet attribute determination unit configured to determine a paper attribute for implementing the spot color effect designated for the first drawing data by the designation unit; a second output sheet attribute determination unit configured to determine a paper attribute for implementing the spot color effect designated for the second drawing data by the designation unit; a setting unit configured to execute a setting of a print appearance for printing the first drawing data and the second drawing data on one output sheet; a determination unit configured to determine a sheet having the attribute determined by the first output sheet attribute determination unit and the attribute determined by the second output sheet attribute determination unit as an output sheet onto which the first drawing data and the second drawing data are to be printed according to the print appearance set by the setting unit; a first sheet-existence determination unit configured to determine whether or not the determined sheet having the attribute determined by the first output sheet attribute determination unit and the attribute determined by the second output sheet attribute determination unit exists in a paper feed stage; a paper feed unit configured to feed the output sheet determined by the determination unit in a case where the determined output sheet is determined to exist in the paper feed stage; a second sheet-existence determination unit configured to, in a case where the first sheet-existence determination unit determines that the determined output sheet having the attribute determined by the determination unit does not exist in the paper feed stage, determine whether printing using an output sheet existing in the paper feed stage can be performed by inverting either the first drawing data or the second drawing data; a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a screen for instructing a user to store an output sheet having the attribute determined by the determination unit to the paper feed stage in a case where the second sheet-existence determination unit determines that printing using an output sheet existing in the paper feed stage cannot be performed by inverting either the first drawing data or the second drawing data; and an inversion unit configured to invert either the first drawing data or the second drawing data in a case where the second sheet-existence determination unit determines that printing using an output sheet existing in the paper feed stage can be performed by inverting either the first drawing data or the second drawing data.