Patent ID: 6749280
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
A recording apparatus comprising:a recording head capable of forming a plurality of kinds of dots, which are different from each other in density, per unit area for every single color by means of at least one of area coverage modulation and density modulation, the recording head ejecting a plurality of colors; an input section for inputting image data having a gradation value for every pixel; and a quantization section for quantizing the inputted image data so that: number of pixels in which the kind of dot for at least one color is different from the kinds of dots for the other colors in one and the same pixel is higher than number of pixels on which dots having the same kind are superimposed; and macroscopic hue is equal to a case in which dots having the same kind are superimposed in all pixels, wherein the recording head is reciprocated to record on a recording medium based on a quantization result obtained by the quantization section.