Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable storage medium

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon and executed by a computer, wherein the program instructs the computer to perform:

• acquiring multi-layer image data representing a multi-layer image formed by a recording unit including a plurality of nozzles arranged in a first direction, each nozzle ejecting a droplet to record a dot, the recording unit being configured to be moved in the first direction relative to a recording medium each time the recording unit is scanned in a second direction intersecting the first direction;
• and
• generating first print data from the multi-layer image data so as to satisfy a first condition in which dots corresponding to pixels on different layers of the multi-layer image are recorded by one scan in second and subsequent scans performed on a same recording area of the recording medium.

An image processing method comprising:

• acquiring multi-layer image data representing a multi-layer image formed by a recording unit including a plurality of nozzles arranged in a first direction, each nozzle ejecting a droplet to record a dot, the recording unit being configured to be moved in the first direction relative to a recording medium each time the recording unit is scanned in a second direction intersecting the first direction;
• and
• generating first print data from the multi-layer image data so as to satisfy a first condition in which dots corresponding to pixels on different layers of the multi-layer image are recorded by one scan in second and subsequent scans performed on a same recording area of the recording medium.