Patent ID: 8406671
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a raster image data generating unit that generates raster image data of a plurality of color components from document data to be printed; a halftone image data generating unit that generates halftone image data from the raster image data of the plurality of color components; a size control unit that controls minimum halftone dot sizes of the halftone image data corresponding to the plurality of color components when the halftone image data generating unit generates the halftone image data, the minimum halftone dot sizes being numbers of pixels of the plurality of color components corresponding to tight absorption ratios of the color components; an image forming unit that forms color toner images to be fixed on a recording medium using color toners corresponding to the plurality of color components, based on the halftone image data whose minimum halftone dot sizes are controlled by the size control unit; and a flash fixing unit that emits flash light from a flash light source to the recording medium to fix the color toner images onto the recording medium.