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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Masashi Ueda, Nagoya, JP;
Tomohiko Hasegawa, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Masashi Ueda, Nagoya, JP;
Tomohiko Hasegawa, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ink reduction rate is set in accordance with the type of image and the type of recording medium. For example, when a photograph is to be printed on a glossy paper with low resolution, the ink reduction rate is set to 10%. When a photograph is to be printed on a plain paper with low resolution, the ink reduction rate is set to 25%. When a document is to be printed with low resolution, the ink reduction rate is set to 50%, irrespective of the type of recording paper.