IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

摘要

A function of performing printing with color material usage reduced compared to normal printing is provided. Image data to be printed is analyzed to obtain attribute information of each object. A conversion technique to be applied to each object is determined from a plurality of image data conversion processing techniques for color material usage reduction based on the attribute information of the object. A conversion process is performed using the determined conversion technique. Here, the image data conversion processing techniques include at least a print density reduction process and an image size decrease process.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
an attribute determination unit which determines an attribute of an object contained in print data; and a processing unit which, if the processing unit is instructed to perform a color material saving process and the attribute determination unit determines that the print data contains an image object, decreases the size of the image object contained in the print data, and if the processing unit is instructed to perform the color material saving process and the attribute determination unit determines that the print data contains a character object, reduces the density of the character object contained in the print data.