Patent ID: 7672015

Claim:
A printing method comprising: using a print control apparatus for converting a tone value indicating a tone of a certain color to a first light tone value indicating a tone of a light color using a predetermined number of tones, and a first dark tone value indicating a tone of a dark color using a predetermined number of tones; converting the first light tone value to a second light tone value indicating a tone of the light color with a smaller number of tones than the predetermined number of tones, based on a table for the light color; converting the first dark tone value to a second tone value indicating a tone of the dark color with a smaller number of tones than the predetermined number of tones, based on a table for the dark color other than the table for the light color; ejecting a light ink based on the second light tone value to form a light dot in the light ink on a medium; ejecting a dark ink based on the second dark tone value to form a dark dot in the dark ink on the medium; and expressing a tone of the certain color on the medium with the light dot and the dark dot.