Title:
画像処理装置及び画像処理方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5111222
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An image processing apparatus includes an allowable-amount-of-special-toner determining unit for determining an allowable amount of special toner from a total adhesion amount of toner of four colors including cyan, magenta, yellow, and black on an input image, a normal print-out unit for performing a normal print-out process, a two-path print-out unit for performing a two-path print-out process, a grouping unit for grouping pixels for which printing with the special toner is set into a first pixel group and a second pixel group based on the allowable amount of special toner; and a print-out-method selecting unit for selecting the normal print-out unit or the two-path print-out unit based on a percentage of the number of first-group pixels to the number of pixels for which printing with the special toner is set.
Inventors:
Osamu Iinuma
Application Number:
JP2008115736A
Publication Date:
January 09, 2013
Filing Date:
April 25, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Canon Inc
International Classes:
G03G15/01; B41J2/52; G03G15/00; G03G15/08; G03G21/00; G03G21/14; H04N1/23
Domestic Patent References:
| JP200711028A | ||||
| JP200734040A | ||||
| JP2006166327A | ||||
| JP20026633A | ||||
| JP2005164730A | ||||
| JP2002318482A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takuma Abe
Sogo Kuroiwa
Sogo Kuroiwa