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Image printing apparatus, image printing method and recording medium

US8876254B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 25, 2011
Grant dateNov 4, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/52
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention improves uniform glossiness of a printed surface. Glossiness of each of inks installed in a printer is obtained. The inks are sorted in order of glossiness. The number of scans when forming an image by scanning each head is set for each of the inks sorted. Mask data for controlling the number of operations is created.

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