Patent ID: 8970897
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G03G,G06K

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit for obtaining a reduction rate of color material as a first reduction rate in a case where a mode is set to reduce an amount of color material used for printing; a selection unit for selecting at least one object on which color material reduction processing is not performed from objects included in image data to be printed; a calculation unit for calculating an amount of color material reduced when reducing an amount of color material used for printing the objects included in the image data at the first reduction rate; and a processing unit for performing color material reduction processing on objects other than the selected object such that an amount of color material used for printing the objects other than the selected object is reduced by the amount of color material reduced which is calculated by the calculation unit while not performing the color material reduction processing on the selected object, wherein the obtaining unit obtains the reduction rate for each type of object included in the image data as the first reduction rate, the calculation unit calculates an amount of color material reduced when reducing an amount of color material used for printing objects of the same type as the object selected by the selection unit which are included in the image data at the first reduction rate, and the processing performs color material reduction processing on the objects of the same type as the selected object other than the selected object such that an amount of color material used for printing the objects of the same type as the selected object other than the selected object is reduced by the amount of color material reduced which is calculated by the calculation unit while not performing the color material reduction processing on the selected object.