Color processing device, image forming apparatus, and image forming system

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a second image forming device that forms an image on a recording medium on a basis of image data, the second image forming device being different from a first image forming device that forms an image on a recording medium on a basis of the image data;
• a color adjustment device that performs color adjustment on the image to be formed by the second image forming device;
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• a conversion-relationship generation device that generates a conversion relationship that is used by the color adjustment device to perform the color adjustment,
• the conversion-relationship generation device including
• a color-data acquisition section that acquires color data of a first image output by the first image forming device on the basis of the image data,
• a conversion-relationship generation section that generates the conversion relationship used for performing the color adjustment, the conversion relationship being generated in accordance with a first relationship that is a relationship between unadjusted image data to undergo the color adjustment and the color data of the first image and a second relationship regarding the second image forming device, the color adjustment being performed to match a color of a second image to be output by the second image forming device on a basis of the unadjusted image data with a color of the first image,
• a correction-image-data generation section that generates, on a basis of the unadjusted image data, correction image data for correcting the conversion relationship, and
• a conversion-relationship correction section that performs correction of the conversion relationship on a basis of color data of a correction image output by the second image forming device by using the correction image data.

An image forming system comprising:

• a first image forming device that forms an image on a recording medium on a basis of image data;
• a second image forming device that forms an image on a recording medium on a basis of the image data;
• a color adjustment device that performs color adjustment on the image to be formed by the second image forming device;
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• a conversion-relationship generation device that generates a conversion relationship that is used by the color adjustment device to perform the color adjustment,
• the conversion-relationship generation device including
• a color-data acquisition section that acquires color data of a first image output by the first image forming device on the basis of the image data,
• a conversion-relationship generation section that generates the conversion relationship used for performing the color adjustment, the conversion relationship being generated in accordance with a first relationship that is a relationship between unadjusted image data to undergo the color adjustment and the color data of the first image and a second relationship regarding the second image forming device, the color adjustment being performed to match a color of a second image to be output by the second image forming device on a basis of the unadjusted image data with a color of the first image,
• a correction-image-data generation section that generates, on a basis of the unadjusted image data, correction image data for correcting the conversion relationship, and
• a conversion-relationship correction section that performs correction of the conversion relationship on a basis of color data of a correction image output by the second image forming device by using the correction image data.