Apparatus and method for recording document described in markup language

A recording method comprising:

• an input step of inputting document data described in a markup language;
• a first extraction step of analyzing the document data to extract background data;
• a second extraction step of analyzing the document data to extract character data;
• a first conversion step of converting the background data extracted in the first extraction step into first image data with a first density;
• a second conversion step of converting the character data extracted in the second extraction step into second image data with a second density, which is higher than the first density;
• and
• a recording step of recording an image on the basis of the first and second image data.

A recording method comprising:

• an input step of inputting document data described in a markup language;
• an analysis step of analyzing the document data;
• a determination step of determining, as a result of analysis in the analysis step, whether or not background and character colors are approximate to each other;
• a first rasterizing step of rasterizing, when it is determined in the determination step that the background and character colors are approximate to each other, character data extracted from the document data while converting a color of a character margin portion not to be approximate to the character color;
• a second rasterizing step of rasterizing background data extracted from the document data;
• and
• a recording step of combining and recording a character and background rasterized in the first and second rasterizing steps on a recording medium.

A program making a computer execute:

• an input step of inputting document data described in a markup language;
• a first extraction step of analyzing the document data to extract background data;
• a second extraction step of analyzing the document data to extract character data;
• a first conversion step of converting the background data extracted in the first extraction step into first image data with a first density;
• and
• a second conversion step of converting the character data extracted in the second extraction step into second image data with a second density, which is higher than the first density.

A program making a computer execute:

• an input step of inputting document data described in a markup language;
• an analysis step of analyzing the document data;
• a determination step of determining, as a result of analysis in the analysis step, whether or not background and character colors are approximate to each other;
• a first rasterizing step of rasterizing, when it is determined in the determination step that the background and character colors are approximate to each other, character data extracted from the document data while converting a color of a character margin portion not to be approximate to the character color;
• and
• a second rasterizing step of rasterizing background data extracted from the document data.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a program which makes a computer execute:

• an input step of inputting document data described in a markup language;
• a first extraction step of analyzing the document data to extract background data;
• a second extraction step of analyzing the document data to extract character data;
• a first conversion step of converting the background data extracted in the first extraction step into first image data with a first density;
• and
• a second conversion step of converting the character data extracted in the second extraction step into second image data with a second density, which is higher than the first density.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a program which makes a computer execute:

• an input step of inputting document data described in a markup language;
• an analysis step of analyzing the document data;
• a determination step of determining, as a result of analysis in the analysis step, whether or not background and character colors are approximate to each other;
• a first rasterizing step of rasterizing, when it is determined in the determination step that the background and character colors are approximate to each other, character data extracted from the document data while converting a color of a character margin portion not to be approximate to the character color;
• and
• a second rasterizing step of rasterizing background data extracted from the document data.