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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenichiro Hiramoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/205 ; B41J 2/21 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/205 ; B41J 2/21 ;
Abstract
An image data processing method for ink jet printer comprising the steps of obtaining an allowable amount of ink in accordance with inputted image data and characteristics of a medium for forming an image; selecting and ink jetting domain and fixing the amount of ink in the selected ink jetting domain at a specified value, on the basis of the allowable amount of ink; and practicing a quantization processing with the amount of ink in the ink jetting domain fixed at the specified value.