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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Sa Liu, Beijing, CN;
Yuko Yamamoto, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
First, image data are converted to first tone data for primary color inks, and then converted to second tone data for primary color and black inks, by under color elimination. The combinations of the above tone data for primary color and black inks, in which bronzing occurs when images are printed on the printing medium, are recorded beforehand as the conditions under which bronzing occurs. The determination of whether or not the conditions under which bronzing occurs are present in the above second tone data is made according to these conditions under which bronzing occurs. If bronzing will occur, a part of the under color elimination is converted to primary color inks. In this way, it becomes possible to print images in which bronzing does not occur. This process may also be executed by using color conversion tables.