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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2017
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Kazuyuki Miyaki, Ichinomiya, JP;
Takuya Shimahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Shota Morikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Akidi Yoshida, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
In a print data generation apparatus, a print data generation apparatus generates print data. The print data includes post-replacement data obtained by the color replacement on pre-replacement data. The post-replacement data includes a plurality of post-replacement pixel values. Each post-replacement pixel value includes a plurality of post-replacement color components. In a case where a first residual amount of a first colorant is smaller than a second residual amount of a second colorant and a first consumption amount concerning the first colorant is larger than a second consumption amount concerning the second colorant, the color replacement on the pre-replacement data is performed so that a second post-replacement component corresponding to the second colorant is set to a first pre-replacement component value corresponding to the first colorant and the first post-replacement component corresponding to the first colorant is set to a pre-replacement component value other than the first pre-replacement component value.