Patent ID: 8705127

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a setting unit configured to set a gloss level of an image to be formed by forming a plurality of toner images using a transparent toner and a plurality of color toners having different colors and by fixing the plurality of toner images onto a recording medium in such a manner that the plurality of toner images are placed on top of one another on the recording medium, the plurality of color toners giving a first gloss level after the plurality of toner images have been fixed, the transparent toner becoming transparent and giving a second gloss level different from the first gloss level after the plurality of toner images have been fixed; and a correcting unit configured to correct image data defining density values per pixel of the toner images formed using the plurality of color toners of the respective colors so that a total density value may not exceed a predetermined threshold, wherein the total density value is a sum of (i) a density value per pixel of the toner image formed using the transparent toner, which is used for setting the gloss level of the image to be formed to the set gloss level, and (ii) density values per pixel of the toner images formed using the plurality of color toners of the respective colors.