Patent ID: 8345332

Claim:
An image processing system comprising an image processing apparatus and a plurality of image forming apparatuses, the image processing system constructed such that an identical image is transmitted to the plurality of image forming apparatuses, wherein the image processing apparatus includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire a color reproduction range for each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses; a computing unit configured to compute a logical AND of the plurality of acquired color reproduction ranges; a determining unit configured to determine whether a color reproduction range in printing the image is set to the logical AND of the plurality of color reproduction ranges or to an expanded area of the logical AND of the plurality of color reproduction ranges, in accordance with at least one of a use case indicating whether print using the plurality of image forming apparatuses is cascade print or distribution print and an attribute of the image; and a transmitting unit configured to add the determined color reproduction range to the image and to transmit this to the plurality of image forming apparatuses, and wherein the image forming apparatus includes: a generating unit configured to, upon receipt of a request to acquire a color reproduction range inherent to the image forming apparatus from the image processing apparatus, generate the inherent color reproduction range and transmit this for response to the image processing apparatus; and a printing unit configured to, upon receipt of the image added with the determined color reproduction range from the image processing apparatus, compress the image for printing so as to fall within the determined color reproduction range.