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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1990
Michio Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Ohkubo, Yokohama, JP;
Masaki Ojima, Yokohama, JP;
Hiromichi Yamada, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Sasame, Yokohama, JP;
Kaoru Seto, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Kashihara, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kawana, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Mano, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Shoji, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an area modulation means for forming a halftone image signal by area modulation according to input image data, and a recording unit for performing recording using a particle-type recording material according to the halftone image signal, wherein the length of a short side of a minimum modulation area of the area modulation means formed by the recording unit is set to 0.7-4 times an average particle size of the particle-type recording material.