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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Hiroyuki Igawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Igawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0189 (2013.01); G03G 15/5058 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing method for generating a halftone pattern for forming an image according to input image data includes a step of forming first and second shade patterns to be developed by first and second toners, respectively. The second toner is identical in color to the first toner and different in shade from the first toner, and the second shade pattern is shifted from the first shade pattern.