Patent ID: 6404510
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
An image printing method, wherein a multicolor image is printed by combination of one yellow pixel, one magenta pixel, one cyan pixel, and one black pixel, the method comprising the steps of:defining one pixel, representing a dot size of one color, as a plurality of dots arranged in a primary scanning direction, in which printing elements are arranged, and in a secondary scanning direction perpendicular to the primary scanning direction, and changing a tone of said one pixel by controlling a printing area in said one pixel in accordance with at least whether or not said plurality of dots are printed, further wherein a length of said one pixel in the secondary scanning direction, being represented by said plurality of dots in the secondary scanning direction, is set to a non-integer multiple so as to be different from a length of one pixel of another color in the secondary scanning direction.