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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2004
Hiroshi Tomioka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Takuhara, Tokyo, JP;
Shin-ichi Tochihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kanke, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Kurabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Tomioka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Takuhara, Tokyo, JP;
Shin-ichi Tochihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kanke, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Kurabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an image-forming method, including performing image formation on the basis of pixel data by using at least a yellow recording agent, a magenta recording agent, and a third recording agent. A color represented on a recording medium by the third recording agent on a color space of CIE-L*a*b* has lightness higher than lightness of a color reproduction region represented on the recording medium by a combination of the yellow recording agent and the magenta recording agent, and has a hue angle in the color reproduction region. A difference in hue angle on the color space between a color represented by the yellow recording agent and a color represented by the magenta recording agent is in a range of 60 to 113°.