Patent ID: 8164795

Claim:
A computing device configured to create print data utilized by an ink jet printer, the ink jet printer configured to move at least one of an ink jet head and a print medium so as to relatively move the ink jet head and the print medium in a predetermined direction, the computing device comprising: a processing unit, one or more non-transitory computer readable media operatively coupled to the processing unit and storing instructions that when executed, cause the computing device to function as: a determination device configured to determine, for each of a plurality of pixels included in image data, whether a dot is to be formed at a position on a print medium corresponding to a pixel; a selection device configured to prepare N sub-pixels aligned along the predetermined direction for a specific pixel, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 3 and the specific pixel is a pixel for which a determination is made that a dot is to be formed, and the selection device is further configured to randomly select M sub-pixels from the N sub-pixels, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than N (N>M>2); a first creation device configured to create a first type of print data such that the ink jet printer forms dots at positions on the print medium corresponding to the selected M sub-pixels; and an outputting device configured to output the first type of print data to the ink jet printer.