Patent ID: 8899715

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for printing an image on a print medium by moving a first nozzle array wherein a plurality of first nozzles ejecting a first color of ink are arranged in a predetermined direction and a second nozzle array wherein a plurality of second nozzles ejecting a second color of ink are arranged in the predetermined direction, with respect to the print medium relatively, wherein the second color is a different color from the first color, the image processing apparatus comprising: a first acquiring unit configured to acquire information associated with instruction for color correction regarding a color; a first print control unit configured to cause the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array to print an image on a print medium by ejecting the first color of ink and the second color of ink based on an input color signal for printing a predetermined color and similar colors which are similar to the color on which the instruction for the color correction are acquired by the first acquiring unit, according to the information acquired by the first acquiring unit; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire information associated with instructions for color correction of part of an image of specified color that is specified from the predetermined color and one or more of the similar colors, wherein the part of the image of specified color is printed by a part of nozzles of the first nozzle array and a part of nozzles of the second nozzle array under the control of the first print control unit; and a second print control unit configured to cause the part of the first nozzle array and the part of the second nozzle array to print a plurality of color correction images based on corrected color signals obtained by correcting the color signal for printing the specified color on which the instructions for the color correction are acquired by the second acquiring unit, on a print medium by ejecting the first color of ink and the second color of ink.