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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Applicant:
Masahiko Hirasawa, Sapparo, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiko Hirasawa, Sapparo, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/387 (2006.01); H04N 1/50 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00005 (2013.01); H04N 1/00031 (2013.01); G06K 15/1825 (2013.01); G06K 15/1869 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a plurality of test copies of an identical image are required, print data of the first page is created from the same image that is used in regular printing and is test-printed; the second and following pages are test-printed using a simplified image that is created by extracting only contour portions of the image.