Patent ID: 8174551
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G03G,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image using a plurality of toners, the image forming apparatus comprising: a setting unit configured to set curve information in accordance with curving of a scanning line of laser light that occurs when an image is formed; an image transformation processing unit configured to transform an image by generating a trapping image for preventing a white region from being generated at a boundary between two adjacent objects having different colors, the trapping image being generated by correcting a value of a target pixel on the basis of image data that is provided in a reference window having the target pixel and peripheral pixels; and a reference-window correction unit configured to correct the reference window for controlling widths of the trapping image in accordance with the curve information with respect to a main scanning position for pixels that are to be processed by the image transformation processing unit.