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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2005
Jun Hoshii, Nagano-ken, JP;
Keiichi Noto, Nagano-ken, JP;
Jun Hoshii, Nagano-ken, JP;
Keiichi Noto, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corportion, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When creating recording level specifying data referred to during recording of ink drops of N types (N is an integer of 2 or greater) of different ink levels onto a printing medium by a printing device, standard color value data indicating an association relationship between ink tone values and color values under a standard printing condition is acquired; under a predetermined printing condition, and using at least one type of the aforementioned N types of ink drops for each ink color, patches are printed at a plurality of recording levels, and the color values of the printed patches are acquired; the aforementioned plurality of recording levels are associated with color values; and on the basis of association of the aforementioned plurality of recording levels and color values and of the aforementioned standard color value data, there is created recording level specifying data that specifies, for each ink color, an association relationship recording levels of the aforementioned N types of ink drops and tone values under the aforementioned predetermined printing condition.