Patent ID: 8373904

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an adjustment section that performs adjustment of a black amount for an input image signal including a plurality of color signals based upon a setting value, the adjustment section outputting an output image signal including a plurality of color signals containing black whose amount is adjusted; a reception section that receives a setting of an edge enhancement degree from a user via a user interface and receives a setting of an image quality of an image that is to be formed based on the input image signal; an edge enhancement section that performs an edge enhancement process for the output image signal output from the adjustment section, in accordance with the setting of the edge enhancement degree received by the reception section; and a changing section that changes the setting value of the adjustment of the black amount in the adjustment section, in accordance with the setting of the edge enhancement degree received by the reception section and in accordance with the setting of the image quality received by the reception section, wherein, of the image quality received by the reception section gives priority to a text mode, the changing section changes the setting value of the adjustment of the black amount so that the amount of the adjustment of the black amount performed by the adjustment section is larger than that in a case where the setting of the image quality gives priority to a photo mode.