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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2013
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Coporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Toru Fujita, Nagano, JP;

Yoichi Mitsui, Nagano, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/205 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/405 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/2054 (2013.01); G06K 15/026 (2013.01); H04N 1/4057 (2013.01); H04N 1/6052 (2013.01); G06K 15/102 (2013.01); B41J 2/2128 (2013.01); B41J 3/4078 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a case where a first image is printed on a recording medium based on first dot data using the first inkjet recording device and a second image is printed based on second dot data on another recording medium using the second inkjet recording device in which ejected ink drops land onto a recording medium with a small degree of dispersion in a main scanning direction compared to the first inkjet recording device, the first dot data is converted to generate the second dot data such that data of a large dot and a medium dot is converted so as to form a plurality of dots having sizes smaller than the dot size at predetermined intervals between the dots in the main scanning direction in place of the large dot and the medium dot.


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