US 2018/0321608 A1 · IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Abstract

A first image forming section forms a monochromatic image with a first color material. A second image forming section forms a monochromatic image with a second color material different from the first color material. A color material selection section selects either the first color material or the second color material as a color material for image formation by a user. An acquisition section reads a document to acquire image data indicating the document. A mode selection section selects, by a user, either a first mode in which a first image processing is executed as an image processing on the image data acquired by the acquisition section or a second mode in which a second image processing, different from the first image processing, for increasing visibility of a color formed on a sheet regardless of a color material selected by the color material selection section, is executed.

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An image forming apparatus comprising:

a first image forming section configured to form a monochromatic image with a first color material;
a second image forming section configured to form a monochromatic image with a second color material different from the first color material;
a color material selection section configured to select either of the first color material or the second color material as a color material used in image formation by a user;
an acquisition section configured to read a document to acquire image data indicative of the document;
and
a mode selection section configured to receive a selection, by a user, of either one of a first mode in which a first image processing is executed as an image processing on the image data acquired by the acquisition section or a second mode in which a second image processing, different from the first image processing, for increasing visibility of a color formed on a sheet regardless of the color material selected by the color material selection section is executed.

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An image forming method comprising:

controlling, by a controller, an image forming apparatus to form a monochromatic image with a first color material;
controlling the image forming apparatus to form a monochromatic image with a second color material different from the first color material;
setting either of the first color material or the second color material as a color material used in image formation in response to a selection of either of the first color material or the second color material by a user;
reading a document to acquire image data indicative of the document;
and
receiving a selection, by the user, of either one of a first mode in which a first image processing is executed as an image processing on the acquired image data, or a second mode in which a second image processing, different from the first image processing, for increasing visibility of a color formed on a sheet regardless of the color material selected by the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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