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US 2009/0291376 A1Published application
Full-color image forming method
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsShiro HIRANO, Mikio KOUYAMA, Kenji HAYASHI, Hiroyuki YASUKAWA
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Abstract
Disclosed is a full-color image forming method by which an image exhibiting comfortable image quality reliably suitable for a human visual system can be obtained in such a way that a halftone image exhibiting excellent granularity and evenness thereof is acquired.
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A full-color image forming method comprising the step of:
- forming a full-color image employing at least a yellow toner, a magenta toner and a cyan toner,
- wherein lightness L*Y is in the range of 80-90 when a first toner image formed with only the yellow toner exhibits a maximum chroma;
- lightness L*M is in the range of 35-51 when a second toner image formed with only the magenta toner exhibits a maximum chroma;
- and lightness L*C is in the range of 53-70 when a third toner image formed with only the cyan toner exhibits a maximum chroma;
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