Patent Document ID: 6025862
Application ID: 08332183
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. Image forming apparatus for making at least a two color image provided from electronic image information: means for forming a first image of a first color from electronic image information, second image forming means, including means for toning, for forming a second image that is combined by said means for toning with the first image from said electronic image information in one of two or more available accent colors to produce a combined image, electro-optical means for analyzing an original image, area by area, for color content and selecting one of the accent colors of said combined image for forming by said second image forming means in response to such analysis as a selected color, means for controlling the second image forming means to form an image in the selected color corresponding to image portions from an area of the original image exhibiting a particular color content, and means for controlling the first image forming means to make an image of the first color from at least some of the image portions of the original image not used by the second image forming means.