Image forming apparatus and image forming method

Abstract

A image forming apparatus includes a color conversion unit, a toner-level-specifying unit and a color-conversion-properties-setting unit. The color conversion unit executes a color conversion process for converting input image data to image data for each color of a plurality of color toners. The toner-level-specifying unit specifies the levels of the plurality of color toners. The color-conversion-properties-setting unit causes adjusted input/output properties to be set in the color conversion unit as input/output properties for the color conversion process when the input image data has a saturation that is less than a predetermined value, the adjusted input/output properties being such that the amount used of the color toner having the lowest level is less than in predetermined standard input/output properties.

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