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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shota Narumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Sasahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a rasterizing unit that rasterizes character information representing a character in a vector form into a first raster image in which pixels are arranged at a first predetermined density, a generator unit that generates a second raster image in accordance with the first raster image rasterized, and a mask image in which plural pixels are arranged at a second predetermined density, the plural pixels including a first pixel, and a second pixel, a exposure unit that irradiates an image carrier with the beam in response to the second raster image generated, a supply unit that supplies a developer to the image carrier which the exposure unit has irradiated with the beam, and develops on a surface of the image carrier an image responsive to the second raster image, and a transfer unit that transfers the developed image to a medium.