IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DARK/LIGHT COLOR MATERIAL SETTING PROGRAM THEREFOR

Japanese Patent JP2014213512

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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of reliably reducing total color material cost regardless of which image mode is set to save mode.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus comprises: a reference cost obtaining unit (a table information managing unit) 29; a minimum monetary-sum extraction unit (a table information managing unit) 29; and a usage volume setting unit (a tone reproduction table generating unit) 31. The reference cost obtaining unit (table information managing unit) 29 obtains a reference cost from unit prices of a dark ink and light ink with respect to reference usage volumes for the dark ink and the light ink set per tone in the plurality of print modes. The minimum monetary-sum extraction unit (table information managing unit) 29 extracts a minimum monetary sum for each tone from the reference costs for the plurality of print modes. The usage volume setting unit (tone reproduction table generating unit) 31 obtains a post-reduction cost where a reduced monetary sum by the save mode is subtracted from the minimum monetary sum; and sets reference usage volume as usage volumes for the dark color material and the light color material in the save mode, the reference usage volume being obtained based on the reference costs for the image forming modes corresponding to the post-reduction cost.

KAWASAKI TOMOHIRO
NAKAYAMA TORU

JP2013091825A

November 17, 2014

April 24, 2013

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KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC

B41J29/38; B41J2/525; G06T1/00; H04N1/46; H04N1/60

JPH1184963A	1999-03-30
JP2006231868A	2006-09-07
JP2012095166A	2012-05-17
JP2008132665A	2008-06-12
JPH1184963A	1999-03-30
JP2006231868A	2006-09-07
JP2012095166A	2012-05-17
JP2008132665A	2008-06-12

Yuichi Sudo
Daisuke Sudo

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