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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2015
Norimasa Sohgawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Hatanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Norimasa Sohgawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Hatanaka, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus that outputs print data to a recording apparatus including a recording unit that causes each of a plurality of nozzles to eject droplets to record dots on a recording medium, the image processing apparatus comprises: an acquiring module that acquires image data for an image to be formed by the recording unit; a determining module that determines whether or not the image data is laminated image data formed of a plurality of layers; and a generating module that generates, when the image data is the laminated image data, the print data that assigns nozzles for recording dots corresponding to respective pixels of the laminated image data such that a specific nozzle for recording dots that correspond to pixels at an identical pixel position in the laminated image data varies from one layer to another.