Patent ID: 7274490

Claim:
An image forming method in an image forming apparatus which forms a color image by adhering plural coloring materials to a recording medium, said method comprising: an input step of inputting an image signal; a color conversion step of performing a color conversion process on the image signal input in said input step, on the basis of profile data, and outputting plural color component signals; a gradation conversion step of performing a gradation conversion process on the plural color component signals output in said color conversion step; a correction step of correcting an output characteristic inherent in the image forming apparatus; and a limitation step, executed after said color conversion step and before said correction step, of reducing respective signal levels of the plural color component signals so that a sum total of the respective signal levels does not exceed a limitation value, so as to limit a sum total amount of the coloring materials when adhering the plural coloring materials respectively corresponding to the plural color component signals.