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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2019
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Shota Morikawa, Nagoya, JP;

Masashi Kuno, Obu, JP;

Satoru Arakane, Nagoya, JP;

Yoshiharu Furuhata, Nagoya, JP;

Shin Hasegawa, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/155 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04543 (2013.01); B41J 2/04563 (2013.01); B41J 2/04573 (2013.01); B41J 2/155 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing device configured to: determine whether a specific condition indicating ink supplied from an ink supplier to a printing head may be delayed; generate dot data by using image data, including: generating first dot data when the specific condition is not satisfied; and generating second dot data when the specific condition is satisfied, a ratio of first/second type of dots included in an image based on specific second dot data generated using specific image data being greater/smaller than that included in an image based on specific first dot data generated using the specific image data, and total number of dots included in the image based on the specific second dot data being larger that included in the image based on the specific first dot data; and output printing data based on the dot data.


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