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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.

Patent No.:

US 8947732 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2013

Print control device and print control method

Applicants:

Masanori Kurosawa, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroaki Suzuki, Chiba, JP;

Masato Iio, Kanagawa, JP;

Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;

Makoto Yasuda, Kanagawa, JP;

Masakazu Terao, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuichi Aizawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoichi Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Masanori Kurosawa, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroaki Suzuki, Chiba, JP;

Masato Iio, Kanagawa, JP;

Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;

Makoto Yasuda, Kanagawa, JP;

Masakazu Terao, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuichi Aizawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoichi Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Douglas Tran

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/60 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0121 (2013.01); G03G 15/6585 (2013.01); G06K 15/129 (2013.01); G06K 15/1867 (2013.01);
Abstract

An inverse image data generating unit that generates inverse image data that indicates a transparent developer amount that indicates an amount of a transparent developer, and a region where the transparent developer amount is used, based on a color plane image data that indicates a color developer amount that indicates an amount of a color developer, and a region where the color developer amount is used; a conversion unit that converts the transparent developer amount of the inverse image data into a transparent developer amount larger than the transparent developer amount by referring to a conversion table; and a transparent developer plane image data generating unit that generates transparent developer plane image data used in image formation of a transparent developer in an image forming apparatus based on the inverse image data indicating a transparent developer amount after the conversion.

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