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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2017
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Shimomura, Ibaraki, JP;
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A halftone processing of an image processing apparatus includes: performing a drop-less halftone processing on image data of each color corresponding to one or more ink colors including at least one selected from all ink colors of an inkjet printer in descending order of lightness of the all ink colors, the drop-less halftone processing having a minimum drop number per pixel greater than a minimum drop number per pixel in a normal halftone processing of generating drop data having a number of levels corresponding to a maximum drop number per pixel; and performing the normal halftone processing on image data of each color corresponding to the other ink colors other than the one or more ink colors.