Image processing apparatus and image processing method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShinichi Arazaki
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a print data generating unit that generates print data for printing an image with ink, the print data defining, for each of pixels of the image, non-formation of a dot or formation of a dot of any size of a plurality of sizes, and a mist calculating unit that calculates, based on first print data of the print data generated by the print data generating unit, a mist generation amount of the ink, in which the print data generating unit is configured to generate, when the mist generation amount exceeds a predetermined threshold value, second print data of the print data in which a formation ratio of the dot of a relatively large size among the plurality of sizes is higher than the formation ratio in the first print data of the print data.
Claims4
An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- a print data generating unit that generates print data for printing an image with ink, the print data defining, for each of pixels of the image, non-formation of a dot or formation of a dot of any size of a plurality of sizes, and
- a mist calculating unit that calculates, based on first print data of the print data generated by the print data generating unit, a mist generation amount of the ink, wherein
- the print data generating unit is configured to generate, when the mist generation amount exceeds a predetermined threshold value, second print data of the print data in which a formation ratio of a dot of a relatively large size among the plurality of sizes is higher than the formation ratio in the first print data of the print data.
An image processing method, comprising:
- a print data generating step for generating print data for printing an image with ink, the print data defining, for each of pixels of the image, non-formation of a dot or formation of a dot of any size of a plurality of sizes;
- a mist calculation step for calculating, based on first print data of the print data generated in the print data generating step, a mist generation amount of the ink, and
- a print data re-generation step for generating, when the mist generation amount exceeds a predetermined threshold value, second print data of the print data in which a formation ratio of a dot of a relatively large size among the plurality of sizes is higher than the formation ratio in the first print data of the print data.
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