Patent ID: 6283647
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
A method of printing an image, comprising the steps of:setting a bar code pattern defining the arrangement of bars of two kinds in a bar code, said bars of two kinds including at least one of a first kind and at least one of a second kind, said at least one bar of said first kind being different in optical reflectance from said at least one bar of said second kind;setting a first bar color which defines a printing color of said at least one bar of said first kind;setting a second bar color which defines a printing color of said at least one bar of a second kind, based on a predetermined bar code print quality standard which defines conditions concerning said optical reflectance of said bars of two kinds, such that a combination of said first bar color and said second bar color conforms to said predetermined bar code print quality standard, said second bar color being automatically set in response to said first color having been set; andprinting a bar code image which is a print image of said bar code, on a printing object, based on said bar code pattern, said first bar color, and said second bar color.