Patent ID: 8559056

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a sensitivity calculating unit that calculates, using reading data obtained by reading a reference image, sensitivities of each of plural types of color signals for each of different density values of a color material which is expressed by the plural types of color signals, the reference image being recorded by plural recording elements that use the color material to record and having plural density patterns for each of the different density values of the color material; a first correction amount calculating unit that calculates, for each of the different density values of the color material, first correction amounts for at least one of the plural recording elements in regard to each of the plural types of color signals on the basis of the reading data; and a second correction amount calculating unit that calculates, for each of the different density values of the color material with respect to the at least one of the plural recording elements, second correction amounts of the density values of the color material on the basis of the first correction amounts of the plural types of color signals and the sensitivities of the plural types of color signals.