Patent ID: 9571696
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A print data generating apparatus comprising: a print executing unit including a print head, the print head having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a plurality of colors of ink droplets respectively, the plurality of nozzles being arranged in a main scanning direction, the print executing unit being configured to perform bi-directional printing, the bi-directional printing including: forward print in which the print head forms dots by ejecting ink droplets while moving forward in the main scanning direction; and backward print in which the print head forms dots by ejecting ink droplets while moving backward in the main scanning direction; a storage unit storing a color conversion profile defining correlations between a plurality of sets of specific color data and a plurality of sets of ink color data, each set of specific color data having a combination of color component values that are defined in a specific color space, the plurality of sets of specific color data including at least one set of prescribed color data, each of the at least one set of prescribed color data having a prescribed combination of color component values that are defined in the specific color space, each set of ink color data having a combination of color component values that are defined in an ink color space, each of the color component values that are defined in the ink color space corresponding to one of the plurality of colors of ink droplets, the plurality of sets of ink color data including a plurality of sets of first ink color data and at least one set of second ink color data, each of the plurality of sets of the first ink color data having a first combination of color component values that are defined in the ink color space, each of the at least one set of the second ink color data having a second combination of color component values that are defined in the ink color space, each of the plurality of sets of specific color data being associated with a set of first ink color data, each of the at least one set of prescribed color data being associated with a set of first ink color data and a set of second ink color data; and a controller configured to: generate print data based on the converted image data.