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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Totsuka, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing device generates data for forming an image by layering, on a printing medium, a first layer and a second layer. The image processing device includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first dot arrangement in the first layer formed by a gloss printing material, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a printing amount of a color printing material for forming the second layer, and a halftone unit configured to perform halftone processing of converting the printing amount into second dot arrangement of the color printing material on the printing medium based on the first dot arrangement, wherein the halftone unit separately performs the halftone processing in a third area of the second layer and the halftone processing in a fourth area of the second layer based on the first dot arrangement.