Patent ID: 6028617
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method of recording an image in which a multicolor image is recorded by moving in a subscanning direction a head having a plurality of recording elements arrayed in a main scanning direction and by making variable a density or an area ratio of each of a plurality of recording pixels in correspondence with a density of an original image, and by combining colors of yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, wherein a pixel for each of the colors is constituted by a cot and/or a blank, the dot having a substantially fixed shape and a variable density, and/or the dot having a substantially fixed density and a variable shape and each of the colors has a dot pitch associated therewith, comprising the step of:in the subscanning direction, setting the dot pitches of yellow and black equal and setting the dot pitches of magenta and cyan larger than the dot pitches of yellow and black by a predetermined value.