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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Daijiro Saito, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/188 (2013.01); G03G 15/50 (2013.01); G03G 15/5087 (2013.01); G03G 15/6585 (2013.01); G06K 15/186 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing device supplies image data to be used in an image forming apparatus, the image processing device including a control unit configured to process the image data in accordance with an image quality processing parameter, wherein the control unit distinguishes between an overprint region in which overprinting of a coat layer of a transparent material is to be performed on a transfer medium and a non-overprint region in which the overprinting is not to be performed, and adjusts a difference in image quality between the overprint region and the non-overprint region by using the image quality processing parameter.