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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2007
Takayuki Ohkubo, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Ohkubo, Tokyo, JP;
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control sectionof an image data generation apparatusof a thermal transfer recording apparatus S performs resolution conversion processing, gradation conversion processing, CMYK separation processing, contour expansion processing, image sift processing, dot processing, and image reverse shift processing for entered image datastored in an image memoryof a storage section. The control sectionsends the produced image data to a printing section, prints it on an intermediate transfer medium, and transfers it onto a polycarbonate film or the like. Through contour expansion processing, contours of color images masked by a black background are expanded by numbers of pixels which differ among the colors, and masked by the black background.