Patent ID: 7426060

Claim:
An image processing device, comprising: a receiving section that receives a print job including at least one of image data and drawing data to be printed; a storing section that stores a CMYK value of a spot color; a detecting section that detects whether a process color included in at least one of the image data and the drawing data is a first process color being designated to be replaced by a spot color or a second process color not being designated to be replaced by a spot color; a replacing section that replaces a CMYK value of the first processing color with the CMYK value of the spot color stored in the storing section when the detecting section detects that the process color included in at least one of the image data and the drawing data is the first process color; a color correcting section that carries out color correction of a CMYK value of the second process color when the detecting section detects that the process color included in at least one of the image data and the drawing data is the second process color; and a generating section that generates a composed CMYK value by composing the CMYK value of the spot color replaced by the replacing section and the CMYK value of the second process color to which the color correction is carried out by the color correcting section.