摘要:
An ink jet apparatus comprising an ink jet head (200); an ink container (201) for storing ink to be ejected out of the head; a carriage for mounting an exchangeable ink jet cartridge (202); a sucking device comprising a cap (101) to be placed in contact with the head when the ink is to be sucked out of the recording head of the cartridge and a pump (108) for generating a negative pressure, being connected to the cap; and a controller for controlling the sucking operation carried out by the sucking device; wherein the controller controls the cap to be held away from the head for a predetermined duration of time after carrying out the first sucking operation following the exchange of the ink container (201) by covering the head with the cap.
摘要:
According to an image processing method and apparatus of the present invention, an outline portion is extracted from input image data, and a pixel whose dot size is to be changed is extracted. The input image data is printed without any change, and the pixel whose dot size is to be changed is overlap-printed while the dot size is increased. Therefore, smoothing can be sufficiently performed in both the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction without increasing the dot density and decreasing the recording speed.
摘要:
Whether or not a color image is present adjacent to a black image is discriminated. Whether the black image is formed using a black ink or a plurality of color inks C, M, and Y is determined in accordance with the discrimination result. When the black image is formed using the plurality of color inks, it is recorded using a repetitive pattern of two of C, M, and Y so as to prevent blurring with the color image, and to improve fixing characteristics by decreasing the total ejection amount.
摘要:
An ink container (3) includes an ink discharging portion (7) for discharging ink; an air vent (11); first liquid absorbing material (6) for absorbing the ink therein; a second ink absorbing material (5), disposed between the air vent (11) and the first absorbing material (6), for absorbing the ink, the first and second absorbing materials being at least partly contacted to each other.
摘要:
According to an image processing method and apparatus of the present invention, an outline portion is extracted from input image data, and a pixel whose dot size is to be changed is extracted. The input image data is printed without any change, and the pixel whose dot size is to be changed is overlap-printed while the dot size is increased. Therefore, smoothing can be sufficiently performed in both the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction without increasing the dot density and decreasing the recording speed.
摘要:
An ink jet recording method using black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors, which have ink penetration properties different from that of the black ink, the method includes generating multi-level black recording datum on the basis of a multi-level color recording datum of a discrimination pixel, wherein a ratio of generation of black recording datum in accordance with a multi-level color recording datum of a pixel marginal to the discrimination pixel; and recording a color image on the basis of the multi-level color recording datum the multi-level black recording datum generated by the generating step.
摘要:
A recording head having an ejection portion group (10d) for ejecting a black ink, and ejection portion groups (10a,b,c) for ejecting color inks is used. When a black image to be printed by the black ink is present adjacent to a color image to be printed by the color ink, a black image portion adjacent to the color image and a black image portion which is not adjacent to the color image are formed in different scans, thereby obtaining a high-quality image from which ink blurring at a boundary portion between the black and color images is eliminated.