Patent ID: 8711424
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: B41J,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a generating unit configured to generate print data for printing an image on a print medium by using a print head, wherein the print head is provided with a first nozzle array in which nozzles capable of ejecting ink droplets each having a first size are arranged and a second nozzle array in which nozzles capable of ejecting ink droplets each of which has a second size smaller than the first size and has a same color as the ink droplets ejected from the first nozzle array are arranged; and a controlling unit configured to control the print head to eject ink droplets based on the generated print data for printing the image on the print medium, wherein in a case that the controlling unit executes a first mode, the generating unit generates the print data so that a number of bits per unit pixel for ejecting ink droplets having the first size to the unit pixel is greater than a number of bits per unit pixel for ejecting ink droplets having the second size to the unit pixel, and wherein in a case that the controlling unit executes a second mode, the generating unit generates the print data so that the number of bits per unit pixel for ejecting ink droplets having the first size to the unit pixel is equal to the number of bits per unit pixel for ejecting ink droplets having the second size to the unit pixel.