Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing system, and computer-readable medium

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a first storage unit that stores color conversion information for converting a name of a spot color other than process colors into a combination of the process colors;

a second storage unit that stores additional print material information regarding an additional print material, the additional print material information being input by a user for the name of the spot color;

a conversion unit that converts the name of the spot color, which is included in image data, into the combination of the process colors based on the color conversion information;

a determination unit that determines, for the name of the spot color included in the image data, a total use amount of a sum of color materials of the process colors and gloss adjusting material of the additional print material, based on the additional print material information; and

an adjustment unit that if the determination indicates the total use amount exceeds a certain threshold value, adjusts the total use amount to be less than the certain threshold value only by adjusting an amount of the color materials of the process colors without decreasing an amount of the gloss adjusting material of the additional print material.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the color conversion information stored in the first storage unit includes colorimetric data which is prepared in advance.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute image processing, the image processing comprising:

converting a name of a spot color, which is included in image data, into a combination of the process colors based on color conversion information which is stored in a storage unit;

determining, for the name of the spot color included in the image data, a total use amount of a sum of color materials of the process colors and gloss adjusting material of an additional print material, based on additional print material information which is stored in the storage unit and which is input by a user for the name of the spot color; and

adjusting, if the determined total use amount exceeds a certain threshold value, the total use amount to be less than the certain threshold value only by adjusting an amount of the color materials of the process colors without decreasing an amount of the gloss adjusting material of the additional print material.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 3 , wherein the stored color conversion information includes colorimetric data which is prepared in advance.

5. An image processing system comprising:

a storage device; and

an image forming device,

wherein a storage device includes

a first storage unit that stores color conversion information for converting a name of a spot color other than process colors into a combination of the process colors,

a second storage unit that stores additional print material information regarding an additional print material, the additional print material information being input by a user for the name of the spot color, and

a change/restoration unit that, upon receipt of a temporal change instruction, changes contents of the additional print material information stored in the second storage unit in accordance with the temporal change instruction, outputs the changed additional print material information to the image forming device, and then restores the additional print material information before the changing,

the image forming device includes

a conversion unit that receives the additional print material information from the second storage unit and converts the name of the spot color, which is included in image data, into the combination of the process colors based on the received color conversion information, and

a determination unit that receives the additional print material information, which is temporarily changed by the change/restoration unit, and determines, for the name of the spot color included in the image data, a use amount of the additional print material and a drawing method, based on the additional print material information, which is temporarily changed, and the image forming device forms a spot color image based on the combination of process colors, the determined use amount of the additional print material and the determined drawing method.

6. The image processing system according to claim 5 , wherein the temporary change instruction is input from a temporary change instruction input screen displayed on an information input device used by the user.

7. An image processing method comprising:

converting a name of a spot color, which is included in image data, into a combination of the process colors based on color conversion information which is stored in a storage unit;

determining, for the name of the spot color included in the image data, a total use amount of a sum of color materials of the process colors and gloss adjusting material of an additional print material, based on additional print material information which is stored in the storage unit and which is input by a user for the name of the spot color; and

adjusting, if the determined total use amount exceeds a certain threshold value, the total use amount to be less than the certain threshold value only by adjusting an amount of the color materials of the process colors without decreasing an amount of the gloss adjusting material of the additional print material.

8. The image processing method according to claim 7 , wherein the stored color conversion information includes colorimetric data which is prepared in advance.