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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2021
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Arazaki, Suwa-gun Fujimi-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a print data generating unit that generates print data for printing an image with ink, the print data defining, for each of pixels of the image, non-formation of a dot or formation of a dot of any size of a plurality of sizes, and a mist calculating unit that calculates, based on first print data of the print data generated by the print data generating unit, a mist generation amount of the ink, in which the print data generating unit is configured to generate, when the mist generation amount exceeds a predetermined threshold value, second print data of the print data in which a formation ratio of the dot of a relatively large size among the plurality of sizes is higher than the formation ratio in the first print data of the print data.