Patent ID: 8634118

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a read section that reads a document and generates multilevel image data from the document; a first correction unit that, in response to at least a part of the multilevel image data being contained in a first range which is predetermined as indicating a fluorescent color, corrects the multilevel image data so as to move the multilevel image data contained in the first range outside of a print color range, an image processing unit that, in response to at least a part of the multilevel image data subjected to the correction processing by the first correction unit not being contained in a third range predetermined as indicating a fluorescent color, performs image processing for the multilevel image data corrected by the first correction unit and that, in response to the multilevel image data subjected to the correction processing being contained in the third range, does not perform the processing for the multilevel image data corrected by the first correction unit; and a second correction unit that, in response to at least a part of the multilevel image data subjected to the correction processing by the first correction unit being contained in the third range and the image processing unit not performing the image processing for at least a part of the multilevel image data subjected to the correction processing by the first correction unit, corrects the multilevel image data contained in the third range so as to move the multilevel image data contained in the third range into the print color range.