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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2007
Hideo Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus is disclosed that includes an image processing part configured to perform image processing for causing a printer to print document data, the printer having a nozzle head having a first nozzle group and a second nozzle group, the first nozzle group having multiple K nozzles and multiple nozzles whose positions coincide with positions of the K nozzles in a sub scanning direction, the second nozzle group having multiple nozzles offset in the sub scanning direction from the K nozzles. The image processing part is configured to perform the image processing so that K is prevented from being applied to and one or more colors related to the second nozzle group are applied to multiple dots corresponding to the second nozzle group in a single movement of the nozzle head in a main scanning direction with respect to a gray drawing object contained in the document data.