Patent ID: 8355164

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: rendering means for rendering a description language document, the rendering means including a processor; color matching means for converting color information specified in said description language document into color information for an imaging device which is to image said description language document, the color matching means including a processor; selecting means for determining whether to perform said converting by said color matching means before said rendering of the rendering means or following said rendering of the rendering means on the basis of comparing a color difference value obtained when color matching is performed before the rendering of the rendering means with a color difference value obtained when the color matching is performed following the rendering of the rendering means, and selecting one or the other based on the determination results, the selecting means including a processor; database means for holding a rendering and converting result corresponding to the selection result and information of a color matching condition when the selection result is obtained, the database means including a processor; search means for searching, in a case wherein alpha blend rendering is necessary for a description language document, information of a color matching condition held in said database means which is the same as a color matching condition for the description language document, the search means including a processor; and obtaining means for obtaining a rendering and converting result held in said database means corresponding to the searched information of color matching condition, the obtaining means including a processor.