Patent ID: 6972871
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A color image forming device which forms an output image corresponding to input image data on a recording medium using pigments of four colors cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, the color image forming device comprising: a color separation part that generates color image data separated by colors corresponding to the pigments of the four colors from the input image data, or obtains, as the input image data, color image data separated by colors corresponding to the pigments of the four colors; and an image forming part that, of the color image data generated or obtained by the color separation part, makes a screen angle of a first output image corresponding to the color image data of yellow identical with a screen angle of a second output image corresponding to the color image data of one of cyan, magenta, and black, and brings the screen of the first output image out of phase with the screen of the second output image.