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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Toru Misaizu, Yokohama, JP;
Masayuki Kaneda, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Hara, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Kawashima, Yokohama, JP;
Kota Matsuo, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04535 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording material by ejecting ink; and an image processing unit that, in a case where information of a bar code image is included in image information for forming an image by the image forming unit, carries out a process of making a drop size of the ink used for pixels constituting an edge portion in the bar code image smaller than a drop size of the ink used for pixels constituting a portion other than the edge portion.