Image forming system and apparatus constituting the same

A method of producing ink jet recorded cloth, based upon a given image signal, using a plurality of discharge ports on a recording head, comprising the steps of:

• providing an information related to a type of said cloth;
• performing shading correction for correcting a dispersion of a forming density corresponding to each of said discharge ports in accordance with the information related to the type of said cloth, in each color;
• performing a gamma conversion process in each said color;
• and
• forming an image on said cloth in accordance with said shading correction and said gamma conversion-processed image signal,
• wherein said shading correction and said gamma conversion process are controlled according to said information related to a type of said cloth.

A recording apparatus for forming an image corresponding to a given image signal on a cloth, using a plurality of discharge ports, comprising:

• input means for providing information related to a type of said cloth;
• first processing means for performing shading correction for correcting a dispersion of a forming density corresponding to each of said discharge ports in accordance with the information related to the type of said cloth, in each color;
• second processing means for performing gamma conversion process in each said color;
• and
• forming means for forming said image on said cloth in accordance with said shading correction and said gamma conversion-processed image signal,
• wherein said shading correction and said gamma conversion process are controlled according to said information related to a type of said cloth.

An image processing apparatus, comprising:

• storing means for storing a palette conversion table in which a corresponding relationship of palette data and color data including a plurality of color components is written;
• input means for inputting color image data represented by the palette data and information related to a type of a cloth to be used for an image formation from an external device;
• converting means for converting the input palette data to color data by using the palette conversion table;
• color processing means for performing a color process based on the information related to a type of a cloth for the converted color data;
• and
• output means for outputting processed color image data to an image forming means for forming an image on said cloth.

An image recording method, comprising the steps of:

• storing a palette conversion table in which a corresponding relationship of palette data and color data including a plurality of color components is written;
• inputting a color image data represented by the palette data and information related to a type of a cloth to be used for an image formation from an external device;
• converting the input palette data to color data by using the palette conversion table;
• performing a color process based on the information related to a type of a cloth for the converted color data;
• and
• outputting processed color image data to an image forming means for forming an image on the cloth.