Patent ID: 8467093

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores image formation information in which print setting information is associated with an index useful in deciding to suppress consumption of a recording material; and an execution unit that executes a process of displaying one or more pieces of the image formation information stored in the storage unit on a display unit in association with print data to be printed; a first acquisition unit that acquires a specific piece of image formation information selected by a user from the one or more pieces of the image formation information displayed on the display unit; a second acquisition unit that acquires an image quality control result of image quality control made by the user on the print data to be printed; a change unit that changes the specific piece of image formation information acquired by the first acquisition unit based on the image quality control result acquired by the second acquisition unit; and a processing unit that stores the specific piece of image formation information in the storage unit in association with the print data to be printed, when the changed specific piece of image formation information satisfies predetermined storage conditions.