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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2008
Yoshiaki Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigetoshi Hosaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigetaka Sakakibara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigetoshi Hosaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigetaka Sakakibara, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disclosed image processing apparatus performs an image processing operation to execute double-side printing on both sides of an image forming medium. The image processing apparatus forms a dot font including a dot pattern of a character in a character image that has undergone a halftone process using a predetermined coefficient for mitigating show-through when the double-side printing is performed; forms a correction dot for making a correction to reduce step-like irregularities along an outline portion of the character in the character image, which correction dot is formed based on an arrangement position, a color, and a dot size of the correction dot for reproducing a gradation that has undergone the halftone process using said predetermined coefficient; and combines the dot font and the correction dot.