Image forming apparatus and method of controlling same

    公开(公告)号:US10915036B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-09

    申请号:US16429535

    申请日:2019-06-03

    IPC分类号: G03G15/01 G03G15/00

    摘要: An image forming apparatus comprises a printhead configured to add energy to an image material including a plurality of color development layers that have different color development characteristics and develop colors in response to heat; and a control unit configured to output, based on image data, signal patterns corresponding to the plurality of color development layers and at least one signal pattern corresponding to a color reproduced by causing at least two of the plurality of color development layers to develop colors used to control the energy to be added to the image material by the printhead.

    IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20200329175A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-15

    申请号:US16842824

    申请日:2020-04-08

    IPC分类号: H04N1/60 B41J2/21

    摘要: Provided is an image processing apparatus including a generating unit configured to print data to be used in a process of printing a metallic image using a metallic ink containing silver particles in an inkjet printing apparatus capable of ejecting the metallic ink and at least one type of chromatic color ink; and an obtaining unit configured to obtain metallic image data corresponding to a predetermined region on a print medium and indicating a tone in the metallic image. The generation unit generates print data of the metallic ink to be printed in the predetermined region based on the metallic image data and generates print data of the chromatic color ink to be printed in the predetermined region based on the metallic image data obtained by the obtaining unit and pre-stored data indicating the correspondences between tone values of the metallic image data and amounts of the chromatic color ink.

    INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20200324556A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-15

    申请号:US16838259

    申请日:2020-04-02

    IPC分类号: B41J2/21

    摘要: Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus including: a print head configured to eject a metallic ink containing silver particles; a carriage configured to scan the print head; and a control unit configured to print a metallic image by causing the print head to eject the metallic ink while scanning the print head; a reduction unit configured to control ink ejection from the print head so as to reduce coloring of a metallic dot formed by ejecting the metallic ink; and a setting unit capable of setting a plurality of printing modes including a first printing mode in which the reduction unit controls the ink ejection from the print head to reduce the coloring to a first degree, and a second printing mode in which the reduction unit controls the ink ejection from the print head to reduce the coloring to a second degree lower than the first degree.