In a color conversion section 10a, a mode judging section 31 judges a mode
in effect: a copy mode or a printer mode, according to a mode judging
signal. When the copy mode is identified, the mode judging section 31
supplied RGB data to a first color conversion process section 32, and the
first color conversion section 32 carries out a first color conversion
process in which a transitional color conversion value, which is
color-transited from a precise color conversion value and a memory color
conversion value, is set as a color conversion value with respect to
memory color corresponding data. When the printer mode is identified, the
mode judging section 31 supplies the RGB data to a second color
conversion process section 33, and the second color conversion process
section 33 carries out a second color conversion process in which the
memory color conversion value is set as a color conversion value with
respect to the memory color corresponding data.