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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Masaki Kondo, Toyoake, JP;
Masashi Ueda, Nagoya, JP;
Yasunari Yoshida, Ama-gun, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
In an image-forming method, a device reads line data L for one line and determines whether the resolution of the line data L in the main scanning direction is greater than or equal to a threshold th. If the resolution is greater than or equal to the threshold th, then a multiple line process is performed on the line data L to divide this data into two sets of partial line data Land L. The partial line data Land Lare used to form two lines at locations shifted from each other in the sub-scanning direction. However, if the resolution of the line data L is smaller than the threshold th, then a single line process is performed to divide the line data L into two segments Qand Q. The segments Qand Qof the line data L are used to form a single line at the same location in the sub-scanning direction by printing the segment Qin the first main scanning operation and by printing the segment Qin the second main scanning operation.