Abstract:
When color materials of more than four colors are used, a signal for the amount of toner used within a range appropriate for the apparatus and toner characteristic is generated using a color separation table. However, a printer receives print data of various formats, such as image data separated into signal values of more than four colors, or image data of a special format to which a six-color separation table cannot be applied. Hence, an image signal representing a combination of colors is input. The sum of the signal values of colors in each pixel of the image signal is calculated and compared with a limit value. When the sum exceeds the limit value, the signal values of base colors are replaced with that of a spot color based on a replacement table for replacing the signal values of the base colors with that of the spot color.
Abstract:
An image output control apparatus, an image output control method for such an image output control apparatus, and a storage medium, in which, the total number of output copies when image data input by an image input device is output by plural image output devices is set, and the total number of output copies is distributed to the respective image output devices outputting the image data on the basis of distribution priority order previously stored in a memory and for distributing the total number of output copies to the plural image output devices. Thus, even after the plural image output devices for performing the image output are specified, distribution control based on the distribution priority order for the plural image output devices is enabled.