Patent ID: 9102164
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B41J,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for effecting recording on a recording medium by applying a plurality of recording agents including a first-type recording agents and a second-type recording agent with relative scanning between a recording unit for applying the recording agents and the recording medium, the apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain relative information indicating a relative relation between amounts of the first-type recording agents, without amount of the second-type recording agent, corresponding to each of plural colors to be applied in a neighborhood of a boundary between adjacent bands in the relative scanning of the recording unit and the recording medium; and a determining unit configured to determine, for the second-type recording agent, a reduction rate of an amount of the second-type recording agent to be applied to the neighborhood of the boundary based on the relative information obtained by the obtaining unit.