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Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2018
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuyoshi Tanase, Nagano, JP;

Shun Sakaibara, Nagano, JP;

Mitsuhisa Ando, Nagano, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/62 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/62 (2013.01); H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); H04N 1/40068 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing device including a user interface, an image data inputting section that inputs image data, a resolution converting section that converts the image data to resolution corresponding to a printing device, a color converting section that generates ink amount data, and a print data generating section that generates print data based on the ink amount data, in which the resolution converting section includes a color inputting section that inputs the spot color and the specific condition for performing a spot color replacement of replacing the spot color in the specific condition by the color converting section through the user interface, and a thinning processing section that performs a simple thinning process on a spot color region including the spot color in a case in which a thinning process of converting the resolution of the image data to a second resolution lower than the first resolution is performed.


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