Image forming apparatus and image capturing apparatus

An image capturing apparatus comprising:

• a generation unit that generates image data expressing an image by capturing the image;
• an output unit that outputs the image data to an image forming apparatus which forms an image expressed by the image data;
• a memory unit that memorizes standard color image data expressing an image expressed by the standard color;
• an output instruction unit that urges the output unit to output the standard color image data;
• a determination unit that determines whether the image captured by the generation unit is a standard color forming image formed based on the standard color image data by the image forming apparatus to which the standard color image data are to be outputted;
• a storage unit that generates data for adjusting the colors expressed by the image data to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus which formed the standard color forming image, based on the image data generated by the generation unit from the standard color forming image and the standard color image data, when the determination unit determines that the captured image is the standard color forming image, and which stores the resultant data as color adjustment data for the image forming apparatus which formed the standard color forming image;
• a color adjustment unit that adjusts the image data of the captured image according to the color adjustment data, and outputting the image data after the adjustment to the output unit, when the determination unit determines that the captured image is not the standard color forming image and the storage unit keeps the color adjustment data for the image forming apparatus to which the image data of the captured image are to be outputted.

An image adjustment apparatus for adjusting image data transmitted from an image capturing apparatus to an image forming apparatus, the image capturing apparatus capturing an image to generate the image data expressing the image and outputting the image data to the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus forming an image expressed by the image data inputted from the image capturing apparatus, the image adjustment apparatus comprising:

• a memory unit that stores data relevant to the standard color;
• a determination unit that determines whether the image data generated by the image capturing apparatus are standard color equivalent data generated from an image formed by the image forming apparatus based on the data relevant to the standard color;
• a storage unit that creates data for adjusting colors expressed by the image data transmitted from the image capturing apparatus to the image forming apparatus according to the standard color equivalent data and the data relevant to the standard color, and which stores the resultant data as color adjustment data for the image data transmitted from the image capturing apparatus to the image forming apparatus, when the determination unit determines that the generated image data are the standard color equivalent data;
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• a color adjustment unit that adjusts the image data generated according to the color adjustment data, and outputs the image data after the adjustment to the image forming apparatus, when the determination unit determines that the generated image data are not the standard color equivalent data.

A network system comprising:

• an image capturing apparatus which captures an image to generate image data expressing the image and outputs the image data to an image forming apparatus;
• an image forming apparatus which forms an image expressed by the image data inputted from the image capturing apparatus;
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• an image adjustment apparatus which adjusts the image data transmitted from the image capturing apparatus to the image forming apparatus,
• the image adjustment apparatus comprising:
• a memory unit that stores data relevant to the standard color;
• a determination unit that determines whether the image data generated by the image capturing apparatus are standard color equivalent data generated from an image formed by the image forming apparatus based on the data relevant to the standard color;
• a storage unit that creates data for adjusting colors expressed by the image data transmitted from the image capturing apparatus to the image forming apparatus, according to the standard color equivalent data and the data relevant to the standard color, and which stores the resultant data as color adjustment data for the image data transmitted from the image capturing apparatus to the image forming apparatus, when the determination unit determines that the generated image data are the standard color equivalent data;
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• a color adjustment unit that adjusts the image data generated according to the color adjustment data, and outputs the image data after the adjustment to the image forming apparatus, when the determination unit determines that the generated image data are not the standard color equivalent data.