Patent ID: 8432587
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing method comprising: carrying out a color conversion process whereby image data of a first color space configured using a plurality of juxtaposed pixel rows made of a plurality of pixels lined up in a prescribed direction, the image data being of first tone values more numerous than tones reproducible by a printing device, is converted into image data of the first tone values of a second color space that corresponds to ink colors of the printing device; carrying out a halftoning process for converting image data of the first tone values subsequent to the color conversion process into image data of second tone values that are tones capable of being reproduced by the printing device; forming dot rows on a medium on the basis of a plurality of pixel data values in the pixel rows of the image data subsequent to the halftoning process, thereby prompting the printing device, on the basis of the image data, to form a plurality of juxtaposed dot rows and form a printed image on the medium; and prior to the carrying out of the color conversion process and the halftoning process,