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Printing device, printing program, printing method, image processing device, image processing program, image processing method, and recording medium in which the program is stored

US7520583B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 2006
Grant dateApr 21, 2009
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J29/393
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing device includes: a print head having nozzles for printing different size dots; an acquirer acquiring discharge deviation characteristic information of the nozzles; an acquirer acquiring M-level image data (M≧3); an identifier identifying pixels relating to discharge deviation based on the discharge deviation characteristic information from the discharge deviation characteristic information acquirer out of respective pixels in the M-level image data; an adjuster adjusting pixel values of the pixels relating to the discharge deviation from the deviated pixel identifier; a generator generating N-level data (M>N≧2) for image data in which the pixel value is adjusted; a generator generating the print data to which the dots having sizes corresponding to the respective pixels are allocated based on the N-level data, and a printer using the print head to print based on the print data.

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