Patent ID: 8526721

Claim:
A method of processing image data to obtain image data for printing a junction area connecting a circular pad having a radius R with a linear line pattern by forming ink blots having a radius r in an overlapping manner, the method comprising: setting a base pitch P as a base distance between adjacent ink blots; arranging image data of the pad, the line pattern, and the junction area in an x-y coordinate system, the junction area defined by an extension of the line pattern; selecting a first determination point, the first determination point corresponding to one side of the junction area; comparing, by a computer, a distance from a center of the pad to the first determination point with a value of (R-r+P); and storing coordinates of the first determination point as print data if the distance from the center of the pad to the first determination point is greater than or equal to the value of (R−r+P).