Image processing apparatus and method for previewing a color image generated by a color printer and displayed at a host computer

Abstract

In an image processing apparatus for previewing a color image, by using a color output device for forming a preview image, processing is decentralized, the load on a host computer is reduced, and a preview-processing program can be easily formed. The apparatus includes a communication device, e.g., a bidirectional interface, for communicating with a host computer, an output device for outputting image information for image formation to an image forming device for forming an image on a recording material based on input color-image information from the host computer, and a color conversion device for previewing an image which generates color-preview-image information for correcting the image formed by the image forming device on a color monitor. The color-preview-image information is transmitted to the host computer by the communication device.

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