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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Yuuki Sagimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiho Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Sagimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiho Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is to acquire image data including primary color image data for primary color and spot color image data for spot color; generate primary color halftone data representing the primary color image data as a group of halftone dots, using a primary color screen specifying cyclic arrangement of lines of halftone dots; and generate spot color halftone data representing the spot color image data as a group of halftone dots, using a spot color screen having a second phase that is different from a first phase represented by the cyclic arrangement of lines specified in the primary color screen.