Image forming apparatus and image processing method

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a printer, at least one memory storing a program, and at least one processor that, upon execution of the program is configured to acquire an attention level in an area of an image based on image data, the attention level being estimated through machine learning, perform image processing on the image data based on the estimated attention level so that an amount of recording material to be used to draw an area with a low attention level in the image is less than an amount of recording material to be used to draw an area with a high attention level in the image, and cause the printer to print the image on a printing medium based on the image data having been subjected to the image processing.

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