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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2006
Taku Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihito Kamei, Tokyo, JP;
Taku Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihito Kamei, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming method is provided for use with an ink-jet printing device which forms a dot on a recording medium by ejecting a drop of recording liquid. In the image forming method, an image in which a ground tint is embedded in one of a foreground part and a background part of an original image is formed, the ground tint indicating that copying of the original image is inhibited. A recording liquid adhesion area of the dot per unit area in the foreground part is made different from a recording liquid adhesion area of the dot per unit area in the background part.