Print controller, method and program for print control, color conversion table, and method for determining ink quantity
US7527345B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 16, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/2114
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
When colored inks and a clear ink are recorded, the printing medium tends to undulate and blotting of ink can occur. Thus, it is difficult to obtain favorable picture quality under various printing conditions. To cope with this, a printing device is designed so that colored inks and a clear ink are recorded on a printing medium and an image thereby formed is controlled. The maximum recording rate for the colored inks is made lower than the maximum ink recording rate at which ink can be recorded per unit area of a printing medium. The quantities of inks are determined so that the clear ink and the colored inks are recorded on the printing medium with the maximum ink recording rate at which ink can be recorded per unit area of the printing medium taken as the limit. The image is formed with the thus determined ink quantities.
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