Patent ID: 8427703

Claim:
An image processing device comprising: a detecting unit that, before image data, which is generated from print information including a first density information per image element, is generated for a printer which prints an image by using the image data, detects the first density information per image element which is included in the print information, and that detects, for the image elements, whether or not overprinting is set; and a pre-processing executing unit that, before the image data is generated, if the detecting unit detects that the overprinting is set at an image element and the image element has a basic color of which the first density information is set to 0%, executes a pre-processing which changes the first density information of the image element into a second density information which is greater than 0% such that a color of another image element which is layered beneath the image element is not output in a region in which the overprinting is set.