Image printing using specialty ink
US9346282B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 2, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/54
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image is printed with an inkjet-printing device using specialty ink (300). The device can use standard cyan ink, standard magenta ink, standard yellow ink, and standard black ink to print full-color images on media. However, the specialty ink is a type of ink other than the types of the standard cyan ink, the standard magenta ink, the standard yellow ink, and the standard black ink. A replacement color ordinarily printed using the standard cyan ink, the standard magenta ink, the standard yellow ink, and/or the standard black ink is determined (306). An image having one or more pixels having the replacement color is printed on the media (316). The pixels that have the replacement color are printed using the specialty ink instead of using the standard cyan ink, the standard magenta ink, the standard yellow ink, and/or the standard black ink.
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