Patent ID: 9162450
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an acquiring unit which acquires combined image data and separates the combined image data into a first image data indicating a first gray-scale value of a first image having a first attribute and a second image data indicating a second gray-scale value of a second image having a second attribute that is different from the first attribute, the first attribute indicating that the first image data is for at least one picture and the second attribute indicating that the second image data is for at least one character; a picture correcting unit which corrects the first gray-scale value acquired by the acquiring unit on a basis of information on an ejection characteristic of a discharge head, the discharge head ejecting liquid to be used for forming the first image and the second image on a recording medium with dots; a character correcting unit which corrects the second gray-scale value acquired by the acquiring unit by a different degree of correction from a degree of the correction for the first gray-scale value by the picture correcting unit, on a basis of the information on the ejection characteristic of the discharge head; and a generating unit which generates first dot data indicating the presence of formed dots for forming the first image on the basis of the first gray-scale value corrected by the picture correcting unit and second dot data indicating the presence of formed dots for forming the second image on the basis of the second gray-scale value corrected by the character correcting unit.