Inkjet recording system and inkjet recording method
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorToshiaki MUTSUO
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Abstract
A computer generates ink dot data indicating a pattern of ink dots used for ejection of ink from an ink head and treatment liquid dot data indicating a pattern of treatment liquid dots used for ejection of a treatment liquid from a treatment liquid head. The computer generates the treatment liquid dot data by performing a reduction process and an extension process. The reduction process is a process of converting the ink dot data at a first resolution to data of a primary dot pattern at a second resolution being lower than the first resolution. The extension process is a process of converting the data of the primary dot pattern to data of a secondary dot pattern by extending each of dots in the primary dot pattern.
Claims9
An inkjet recording system, comprising:
- an inkjet head including an ink head configured to eject ink onto a recording material, and a treatment liquid head configured to eject a treatment liquid to come in contact with the ink on the recording material;
- an ink data generator configured to generate ink dot data based on image data of an image to be recorded on the recording material, the ink dot data indicating a pattern of ink dots to be formed on the recording material with the ink ejected from the ink head;
- a treatment-liquid data generator configured to generate treatment liquid dot data indicating a pattern of treatment liquid dots to be formed on the recording material with the treatment liquid ejected from the treatment liquid head;
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- a controller configured to control the inkjet head to cause the ink head to eject the ink based on the ink dot data and to cause the treatment liquid head to eject the treatment liquid based on the treatment liquid dot data,
- wherein the treatment-liquid data generator is configured to generate the treatment liquid dot data by performing a reduction process and an extension process, the reduction process is a process of converting the ink dot data at a first resolution to data of a primary dot pattern at a second resolution being lower than the first resolution, and the extension process is a process of converting the data of the primary dot pattern to data of a secondary dot pattern by extending each of dots in the primary dot pattern.
An inkjet recording method for recording an image on a recording material using an inkjet head including an ink head configured to eject ink onto a recording material and a treatment liquid head configured to eject a treatment liquid to come in contact with the ink on the recording material, the method comprising:
- generating ink dot data based on image data of the image to be recorded on the recording material, the ink dot data indicating a pattern of ink dots to be formed on the recording material with the ink ejected from the ink head;
- generating treatment liquid dot data indicating a pattern of treatment liquid dots to be formed on the recording material with the treatment liquid ejected from the treatment liquid head;
- causing the ink head to eject the ink based on the ink dot data;
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- causing the treatment liquid head to eject the treatment liquid based on the treatment liquid dot data,
- wherein generating the treatment liquid dot data includes performing a reduction process and an extension process, the reduction process is a process of converting the ink dot data at a first resolution to data of a primary dot pattern at a second resolution being lower than the first resolution, and the extension process is a process of converting the data of the primary dot pattern to data of a secondary dot pattern by extending each of dots in the primary dot pattern.
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