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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Okada, Ibaraki, JP;
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are provided a region specifying unit configured to specify a region containing a barcode which is a target to be subjected to density reduction processing and is constituted by black and image data other than the barcode constituted by a color different from black in original data; a color determiner configured to determine whether or not each pixel is black in the region specified by the region specifying unit; a density reduction processor configured to apply density reduction processing to the pixel determined by the color determiner to be black; and a print data creating unit configured to create the print data on the basis of the original data subjected to the density reduction processing.