Patent ID: 8253978

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: an image forming instructing section which notifies an image forming section, which is capable of performing a first printing processing of performing image forming with use of a plurality of colors including at least one chromatic color and a second printing processing of performing image forming with use of only black color, a printing type processing requested to be performed among the first printing processing and the second printing processing; a data obtaining section which obtains pixel data from a plurality of pixels constituting an image; an operating section for inputting designated color data indicating color; a pixel data extracting section which extracts pixel data of colors, except for a designated color indicated by the designated color data inputted through the operating section, from pixel data obtained by the data obtaining section; and a printing type selecting section which selects a printing type from among the first printing processing and the second printing processing based on each pixel data extracted by the pixel data extracting section, wherein the image forming instructing section notifies the printing type selected by the printing type selecting section as the type of printing processing requested to be performed.