Patent Document ID: 20120086987
Application ID: 13267608
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus capable of controlling an amount of a recording material corresponding to image data, the image processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store a gradation correction table calculated based on data acquired by reading a patch pattern formed by an image forming unit; a calculation unit configured to calculate a maximum density value of an image formed by the image forming unit using an output signal value corresponding to a maximum value of an input signal in the gradation correction table and a maximum density value to be targeted by the image processing apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine a limit value of the recording material based on a difference between the maximum density value calculated by the calculation unit and the maximum density value to be targeted by the image processing apparatus; and a control unit configured to control the amount of the recording material corresponding to the image data to be equal to or less than the limit value determined by the determination unit.