Dot apportionment table switching printer

A printer having at least two types of ink, wherein the at least two types of ink include dark ink and light ink of the same color, the printer comprising:

• image data obtaining module that obtains image data representing an image for printing;
• image analyzing module that analyzes the obtained image data;
• table obtaining module that obtains at least two dark/light ink apportionment tables, wherein the at least two dark/light ink apportionment tables set usage volume of the dark ink and the light ink, based on the analysis result of the image data;
• and
• printing module that prints the image by forming dots while switching among the dark/light ink apportionment tables, depending on the analysis result.

A printing method that is implemented by a printer, wherein the printer has at least two types of ink, and a head, wherein the head is capable of forming two more types of dots of different diameter on a print medium, for each of the inks, the printing method comprising:

• obtaining image data representing an image for printing;
• analyzing the obtained image data;
• obtaining at least two dot apportionment tables on the basis of the analysis result of the image data, wherein the dot apportionment tables set the production volume of each of the dot types;
• and
• printing the image by forming dots while switching among the dot apportionment tables depending on the analysis result.

A printing method that is implemented by a printer, wherein the printer has at least two types of ink that include dark ink and light ink of the same color, the printing method comprising:

• obtaining image data representing an image for printing analyzing the obtained image data;
• obtaining at least two dark/light ink apportionment tables, wherein the at least two dark/light ink apportionment tables set usage volume of the dark ink and the light ink, based on the analysis result of the image data;
• and
• printing the image by forming dots while switching among the dark/light ink apportionment tables, depending on the analysis result.