Patent ID: 8736888
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire raster data comprised of a plurality of first data, each of which indicates one of a plurality of levels; and a conversion unit configured to perform converting of each of the plurality of first data into second data for printing in a first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction, using one of a plurality of conversion patterns corresponding to one of the plurality of levels indicated by each of the plurality of first data, for each raster data acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein the conversion unit, in a case where two or more among the plurality of conversion patterns exist in correspondence to a level of the plurality of levels, performs the converting: (i) in printing in the first direction, using, in a predetermined order, the two or more conversion patterns corresponding to the level, in accordance with a first initial value information for specifying a conversion pattern to be used at first in printing in the first direction; and (ii) in printing in the second direction, using, in an order opposite to the predetermined order, the two or more conversion patterns corresponding to the level, in accordance with a second initial value information for specifying a conversion pattern to be used at first in printing in the second direction.