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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a printing device that has a thermal head that transfers overcoat ink provided on an ink sheet onto the surface of printing paper based on pattern data. The pattern data is data in which a first pattern and a second pattern are arranged alternately in a primary scanning direction and a secondary scanning direction. The first pattern includes a rectangular block of high tonal value pixels, a frame-like group of low tonal value pixels surrounding the rectangular block, and a group of high tonal pixels surrounding the group of low tonal value pixels. The second pattern includes a rectangular block of low tonal value pixels, a group of high tonal value pixels surrounding the rectangular block, and a frame-like group of low tonal pixels surrounding the group of high tonal value pixels.