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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1993
Atsushi Kashihara, Hachioji, JP;
Cannon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus of the electrophotographic system such as a laser beam printer is provided. An image processing apparatus which is connected between a recording control section and a recording mechanism section of such a recording apparatus is also provided. The apparatus comprises: an input unit for inputting image information of a density lower than a recording density of the recording mechanism section produced by the recording control section; a memory to store the image information supplied from the input unit by an amount of a plurality of main scan lines; a referring circuit to refer to the image information of a target pixel as a recording pixel and its peripheral pixels from the image information group stored in the memory; a detector to detect that the recording pixel and its peripheral pixels form a part of a predetermined half tone pattern which is constructed by a plurality of pixels as a result of the reference by the referring circuit; a converter to convert the image information of the recording pixel into the image information of a density which is at least equal to or larger than a recording density of the recording mechanism section in accordance with the result of the detection by the detector; and a transmitting circuit to transmit the image information converted by the converter to the recording mechanism section.