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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Toshiyuki Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording device comprising a line head including a plurality of recording element arrays arranged in one direction such that the recording elements have overlapping regions at the mutually adjoining end portions, characterized by comprising a halftone processor for subjecting multilevel image data to a halftone process in accordance with a first half tone processing rule to form the pattern of the dots to be recorded, as a recording pattern, an allocation processor for allocating which of the recording element arrays adjoining in the overlapping regions is used to record according to the recording pattern, by using a second half tone processing rule to suppress the low-frequency component of a space frequency, and a driver for driving the recording elements so that the dot data allocated to the individual recording element arrays may be recorded by the recording elements of the individual recording element arrays contained in the line head.