Patent ID: 6382757
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
A printer that creates a plurality of dots and thereby prints an image on a printing medium, said printer comprising:an input unit that inputs image data for each of pixels included in an original image; a head that provides a plurality of inks comprising at least two inks of different densities with respect to at least one hue and enables creation of at least two different types of dots having different quantities of ink for each of the plurality of inks; an expected ink quantity setting unit that sets an expected quantity of ink which is to be spouted for creation of a dot in each pixel based on the image data, said expected quantity of ink is determined with respect to each of the plurality of inks, a multi-valuing unit that sets an on-off state of each of the at least two different types of dots in each pixel, said on-off state is based on the expected quantity of ink and is determined with respect to each of the plurality of inks; and a dot creation unit that creates dots set in the on state.