Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and recording medium

An image processing system, comprising:

• an image output apparatus;
• and
• an image processing apparatus that generates output image data to be output by the image output apparatus,
• the image processing apparatus comprising
• circuitry configured to
• acquire input image data;
• perform image conversion on the input image data to generate the output image data corresponding to each of a plurality of output conditions;
• calculate a color feature amount that is a change amount of color characteristics of each pixel from the input image data and the output image data before and after the image conversion;
• calculate cost information indicating a cost of the output image data corresponding to each of the plurality of output conditions, based on the plurality of output conditions and the output image data;
• and
• calculate a cost effectiveness with reference to the color feature amount, the cost information, and a weighting table in which weights for items of the plurality of output conditions are set, to determine one output condition of the plurality of output conditions to be used for output, and
• the image output apparatus being configured to receive the output image data from the image processing apparatus and output the output image data received from the image processing apparatus,
• wherein the circuitry is further configured to refer to a cost table in which at least one item of the items of the plurality of output conditions is associated with a cost value of the at least one item and calculate, as the cost information, static cost information based on a cost value corresponding to an output condition not depending on the output image data and dynamic cost information based on a cost value corresponding to an output condition depending on the output image data.

A non-transitory recording medium storing an image processing program to cause a computer to execute a method comprising:

• acquiring input image data;
• performing image conversion on the input image data to generate output image data corresponding to each of a plurality of output conditions;
• calculating a color feature amount that is a change amount of color characteristics of each pixel from the input image data and the output image data before and after the image conversion;
• calculating cost information indicating a cost of the output image data corresponding to each of the plurality of output conditions, based on the plurality of output conditions and the output image data;
• and
• calculating a cost effectiveness with reference to the color feature amount, the cost information, and a weighting table in which weights for items of the plurality of output conditions are set, to determine one output condition of the plurality of output conditions to be used for output,
• wherein the method further comprises referring to a cost table in which at least one item of the items of the plurality of output conditions is associated with a cost value of the at least one item and calculating, as the cost information, static cost information based on a cost value corresponding to an output condition not depending on the output image data and dynamic cost information based on a cost value corresponding to an output condition depending on the output image data.