Print apparatus and print method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTakayoshi KAGATA
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Abstract
A print apparatus includes a color ink ejecting portion that ejects color ink and a metal ink ejecting portion that ejects metal ink, and prints an image using both color print data that is created based on color image data indicating a color image and specifies pixels to which the color ink is ejected and pixels to which the color ink is not ejected, and metallic print data that is created based on metallic image data indicating a metallic image and specifies pixels to which the metal ink is ejected and pixels to which the metallic ink is not ejected. When there exists an overlap portion of the color image and the metallic image, the pixels to which the color ink is ejected in the color print data and the pixels to which the metal ink is ejected in the metallic print data do not overlap each other.
Claims8
A print apparatus comprising:
- a color ink ejecting portion that ejects color ink and a metal ink ejecting portion that ejects metal ink,
- wherein the print apparatus prints an image using both color print data that is created based on color image data indicating a color image and specifies pixels to which the color ink is ejected and pixels to which the color ink is not ejected, and metallic print data that is created based on metallic image data indicating a metallic image and specifies pixels to which the metal ink is ejected and pixels to which the metallic ink is not ejected, and
- wherein in the case where there exists an overlap portion of the color image and the metallic image, the pixels to which the color ink is ejected in the color print data and the pixels to which the metal ink is ejected in the metallic print data do not overlap each other.
A print apparatus comprising:
- a color ink ejecting portion that ejects color ink and a metal ink ejecting portion that ejects metal ink containing metal particles,
- wherein the print apparatus prints an image by forming color ink dots on a medium through ejecting the color ink from the color ejecting portion based on color image data indicating a color image, and forming metallic ink dots on the medium through ejecting the metal ink from the metal ink ejecting portion based on metallic image data indicating a metallic image, and
- wherein in the case where there exists an overlap portion of the color image and the metallic image, the color ink dots and the metal ink dots do not overlap each other.
A print method comprising:
- ejecting color ink from a color ink ejecting portion and also ejecting metal ink containing metal particles from a metal ink ejecting portion;
- creating color print data that specifies pixels to which the color ink is ejected and pixels to which the color ink is not ejected based on color image data indicating a color image and also creating metallic print data that specifies pixels to which the metal ink is ejected and pixels to which the metal ink is not ejected based on metallic image data indicating a metallic image;
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- preventing the pixels to which the color ink is ejected in the color print data and the pixels to which the metallic ink is ejected in the metallic print data from overlapping each other in the case where there exists an overlap portion of the color image and the metallic image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.