Method of forming characters for microprint and image forming apparatus using the same
US8248622B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 21, 2009 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T11/203
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of forming characters for microprint and an image forming apparatus using the same. The method of forming characters for microprint includes determining for every image character a size font taking into account the rules to create small prints, rasterizing a character into a bitmap, skeletonizing the bitmap, reformatting the bitmap maintaining a character legibility, storing the bitmap, and forming halftoning cells from the reformatted bitmap.
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