Patent ID: 8985735
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A computer software product comprising a tangible medium readable by a processor, the medium having stored thereon a set of instructions for generating printer operation control data, the instructions comprising: a set of instructions which, when loaded into a memory and executed by the processor, causes processing of an image to be printed; a set of instructions which, when loaded into a memory mad executed by the processor, causes determining from the image an amount of ink to be deposited at a first dot location on the substrate; a set of instructions which, when loaded into a memory and executed by the processor, causes, if the ink amount is below a threshold, generation of printer operation control data for applying treatment according to a variable treatment-to-ink regime for depositing in the first dot location a variable amount of treatment dependent on the amount of ink; and a set of instructions which, when loaded into a memory mad executed by the processor, causes, if the ink amount is above the threshold, generation of printer operation control data for applying treatment according to a constant treatment-to-ink regime for depositing in the first dot location a selected constant amount of treatment that includes depositing treatment in dot locations surrounding the first dot location.