Inkjet printing method and inkjet printing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomomi Mimura
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Abstract
There is provided an inkjet printing method of applying plural different kinds of color ink containing pigment as a coloring agent and clear ink not containing the coloring agent on a print medium to form an image thereon. An amount of the clear ink applied in a unit area of the print medium is adjusted based upon an amount of each of the plural kinds of the color ink applied in the unit area. Since the amount of the clear ink is adjusted based upon not only the amount but also the kind of the color ink applied in the unit area, the clear ink application amount to each unit area can be more appropriate to largely reduce the gloss variations.
Claims6
An inkjet printing method of applying plural different kinds of color ink containing pigment as a coloring agent and clear ink not containing the coloring agent on a print medium to form an image thereon, the method comprising the step of:
- adjusting an amount of the clear ink applied in a unit area of the print medium based upon an amount of each of the plural kinds of the color ink applied in the unit area.
An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:
- plural different kinds of color ink containing pigment as a coloring agent;
- and
- clear ink not containing the coloring agent,
- wherein the color ink and the clear ink are applied on a print medium to form an image thereon, and
- wherein an amount of the clear ink applied in a unit area of the print medium is adjusted based upon an amount of each of the plural kinds of the color ink applied in the unit area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.