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Ink jet recording method and apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1994-10-28
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Granted: 1999-11-30
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Expires: 2014-10-28
Abstract
Abstract An ink jet recording method uses 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 is changed 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 and the multi-level black recording datum generated by the generating step.
Inventors
- 👤 Kiichiro Takahashi
- 👤 Naoji Otsuka
- 👤 Jiro Moriyama
- 👤 Nobuyuki Kuwabara
- 👤 Isao Ebisawa
- 👤 Atsushi Arai
- 👤 Hisao Yaegashi
- 👤 Toshiharu Inui
- 👤 Kentaro Yano
- 👤 Yuji Akiyama
- 👤 Hitoshi Sugimoto
- 👤 Osamu Iwasaki
- 👤 Daigoro Kanematsu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:53
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/005; B41J2/01; B41J2/21; B41J2/2107
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 76
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
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 said black ink, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a multi-level color recording datum corresponding to a plurality of colors; discriminating a color component of a pixel around a discrimination pixel on the basis of the multi-level color recording datum; generating a multi-level black recording datum in accordance with the multi-level color recording datum of a discrimination pixel corresponding to the plurality of colors, wherein a ratio of generation of multi-level black recording datum is changed with a result of said discrimination step; converting the multi-level color recording datum and the multi-level black recording datum to recording data corresponding to the color inks and the black ink; and recording a color image based on the recording data provided by said converting step.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
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 said black ink, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a multi-level color recording datum corresponding to a plurality of colors; discriminating a color component of a pixel around a discrimination pixel on the basis of the multi-level color recording datum; generating a multi-level black recording datum in accordance with the multi-level color recording datum of a discrimination pixel corresponding to the plurality of colors, wherein a ratio of generation of multi-level black recording datum is changed with a result of said discrimination step; converting the multi-level color recording datum and the multi-level black recording datum to recording data corresponding to the color inks and the black ink; and recording a color image based on the recording data provided by said converting step.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 1, wherein in said generating step, the ratio is changed based on ratios of generations corresponding to the multi-level recording datum in a marginal pixel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 1, wherein in said generating step, the ratio is changed based on a density of a multi-level record datum of a marginal pixel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 1, wherein in said generating step, the ratio is changed in accordance with multi-level recording data of areas into which a marginal pixel is divided.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 1, wherein in said recording step, the color image is recorded in accordance with binary data to which the multi-level color recording datum and the generated multi-level black recording datum are converted.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 1, wherein the color inks include yellow, magenta and cyan inks.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 1, wherein the inks are ejected by thermal energy.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 1, wherein the inks are ejected by thermal energy.
Claim 10
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A method according to claim 1, wherein said generating step generates the multi-level black recording datum in accordance with a mask pattern, which is selected in accordance with a result of the discrimination step.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A data processing method for recording with use of black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors, which have ink penetration properties different from that of said black ink, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a multi-level color recording datum corresponding to a plurality of colors; discriminating a color component of a pixel around a discrimination pixel on the basis of the multi-level color recording; and generating a multi-level black recording datum in accordance with the multi-level color recording datum of a discrimination pixel corresponding to the plurality of colors, wherein a ratio of generation of multi-level black recording datum is changed with a result of said discrimination step.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A data processing method for recording with use of black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors, which have ink penetration properties different from that of said black ink, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a multi-level color recording datum corresponding to a plurality of colors; discriminating a color component of a pixel around a discrimination pixel on the basis of the multi-level color recording; and generating a multi-level black recording datum in accordance with the multi-level color recording datum of a discrimination pixel corresponding to the plurality of colors, wherein a ratio of generation of multi-level black recording datum is changed with a result of said discrimination step.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 10, wherein said generating step generates the multi-level black recording datum in accordance with a mask pattern, which is selected in accordance with a result of the discrimination step.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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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 said black ink, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a multi-level color recording datum for a predetermined discrimination pixel and a pixel around the discrimination pixel; discriminating a color component of the pixel around the discrimination pixel on the basis of the multi-level color recording datum; generating a multi-level black recording datum based on a multi-level color recording datum of a discrimination pixel; converting the multi-level black recording datum generated by said generating step to the multi-level color recording datum corresponding to a plurality of colors in accordance with a result of said discriminating step; and recording a color image based on the recording data provided by said converting step, wherein a black image is formed by a plurality of multi-level color recording data resulting from said converting step.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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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 said black ink, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a multi-level color recording datum for a predetermined discrimination pixel and a pixel around the discrimination pixel; discriminating a color component of the pixel around the discrimination pixel on the basis of the multi-level color recording datum; generating a multi-level black recording datum based on a multi-level color recording datum of a discrimination pixel; converting the multi-level black recording datum generated by said generating step to the multi-level color recording datum corresponding to a plurality of colors in accordance with a result of said discriminating step; and recording a color image based on the recording data provided by said converting step, wherein a black image is formed by a plurality of multi-level color recording data resulting from said converting step.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 12, wherein in said bust converting step, an amount of conversion is changed in accordance with the multi-level color recording datum of a marginal pixel.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 12, wherein in said recording step, the color image is recorded in accordance with binary data to which the converted multi-level color recording datum and the multi-level black recording datum are converted.
Claim 18
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A method according to claim 12, wherein the color inks include yellow, magenta and cyan inks.
Claim 19
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A method according to claim 12, wherein said converting step converts the multi-level black recording datum in accordance with a mask pattern determined in accordance with a result of said discriminating step.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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A data processing method for recording with use of black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors, which have ink penetration properties different from that of said black ink, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a multi-level color recording datum for a predetermined discrimination pixel and a pixel around the discrimination pixel; discriminating a color component of a pixel around a discrimination pixel on the basis of the multi-level color recording datum; generating multi-level black recording datum based on a multi-level color recording datum of a discrimination pixel; and converting the multi-level black recording datum generated by said generating step to the multi-level color recording datum corresponding to a plurality of colors in accordance with a result of said discriminating step.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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A data processing method for recording with use of black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors, which have ink penetration properties different from that of said black ink, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a multi-level color recording datum for a predetermined discrimination pixel and a pixel around the discrimination pixel; discriminating a color component of a pixel around a discrimination pixel on the basis of the multi-level color recording datum; generating multi-level black recording datum based on a multi-level color recording datum of a discrimination pixel; and converting the multi-level black recording datum generated by said generating step to the multi-level color recording datum corresponding to a plurality of colors in accordance with a result of said discriminating step.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 17, wherein said converting step converts the multi-level black recording datum in accordance with a mask pattern determined in accordance with a result of said discriminating step.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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An ink jet recording apparatus using black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors, which have ink penetration properties different from that of said black ink, said apparatus comprising: discriminating means for discriminating a color component of a pixel around a discrimination pixel on the basis of a multi-level color recording datum corresponding to each pixel; determining means for determining a ratio of a black generation for the discrimination pixel in accordance with the color component discriminated by said discriminating means; first generating means for generating a black component for the discrimination pixel based on the ratio of the black generation determined by said determining means; second generating means for generating driving data for ejecting the black ink and color inks based on the black and color components; and ejecting means for ejecting the black ink and the color inks based on the driving data.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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An ink jet recording apparatus using black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors, which have ink penetration properties different from that of said black ink, said apparatus comprising: discriminating means for discriminating a color component of a pixel around a discrimination pixel on the basis of a multi-level color recording datum corresponding to each pixel; determining means for determining a ratio of a black generation for the discrimination pixel in accordance with the color component discriminated by said discriminating means; first generating means for generating a black component for the discrimination pixel based on the ratio of the black generation determined by said determining means; second generating means for generating driving data for ejecting the black ink and color inks based on the black and color components; and ejecting means for ejecting the black ink and the color inks based on the driving data.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the color inks include yellow, magenta and cyan inks.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the color and black inks are ejected from yellow, magenta, cyan and black recording heads.
Claim 27
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An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising a carriage for carrying said recording heads.
Claim 28
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An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising feeding means for feeding a recording material to a position of recording by said recording heads.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said recording apparatus is a copying machine.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said recording apparatus is a facsimile machine.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said recording apparatus is a terminal machine of a computer.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the inks are ejected by thermal energy.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said determining step means determines a pattern for generating the black component of the discrimination pixel based on a multi-level recording datum of a pixel around the discrimination pixel, and a ratio of generation of black recording datum is changed in accordance with the pattern.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
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An ink jet recording apparatus using black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors, which have ink penetration properties different from that of said black ink, said apparatus comprising: first generating means for generating a multi-level black recording datum from a multi-level color recording datum of a discrimination pixel; discriminating means for discriminating a color component of a pixel around a discrimination pixel on the basis of the multi-level color recording datum; converting means for converting the multi-level black recording datum generated by said first generating means to the multi-level color recording datum corresponding to a plurality of colors in accordance with a result of said discriminating means; second generating means for generating recording data corresponding to the color inks and the black ink based on the multi-level color recording datum and the multi-level black recording datum; and ejecting means for ejecting the black ink and the color ink based on the data generated by said second generating means, wherein a black image is formed by a plurality of multi-level color recording data converted by said converting means.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
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An ink jet recording apparatus using black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors, which have ink penetration properties different from that of said black ink, said apparatus comprising: first generating means for generating a multi-level black recording datum from a multi-level color recording datum of a discrimination pixel; discriminating means for discriminating a color component of a pixel around a discrimination pixel on the basis of the multi-level color recording datum; converting means for converting the multi-level black recording datum generated by said first generating means to the multi-level color recording datum corresponding to a plurality of colors in accordance with a result of said discriminating means; second generating means for generating recording data corresponding to the color inks and the black ink based on the multi-level color recording datum and the multi-level black recording datum; and ejecting means for ejecting the black ink and the color ink based on the data generated by said second generating means, wherein a black image is formed by a plurality of multi-level color recording data converted by said converting means.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the color inks include yellow, magenta and cyan inks.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the color and black inks are ejected from yellow, magenta, cyan and black recording heads.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 31, further comprising a carriage for carrying said recording heads.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 31, further comprising feeding means for feeding a recording material to a position of recording by said recording heads.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 29, wherein said recording apparatus is a copying machine.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 29, wherein said recording apparatus is a facsimile machine.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 29, wherein said recording apparatus is a terminal machine of a computer.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the inks are ejected by thermal energy.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 29, wherein said converting means converts the multi-level black datum in accordance with a mask pattern determined in accordance with a result of discrimination of said discrimination means.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
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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 said black ink, said method comprising the steps of: detecting a duty of color image recording in data of a plurality of dots within a specified area on a recording position of a recording material; changing a ratio of black image recording by mixture of a plurality of the color inks to black image recording by the black ink in a black image area in accordance with the duty detected by said detecting step; and effecting recording based on the ratio changed by said changing step, wherein in said changing step, the ratio increases with an increase of the duty.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
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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 said black ink, said method comprising the steps of: detecting a duty of color image recording in data of a plurality of dots within a specified area on a recording position of a recording material; changing a ratio of black image recording by mixture of a plurality of the color inks to black image recording by the black ink in a black image area in accordance with the duty detected by said detecting step; and effecting recording based on the ratio changed by said changing step, wherein in said changing step, the ratio increases with an increase of the duty.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 39, wherein in said changing step, the ratio of black image recording by mixture of the plurality of the color inks to black image recording by the black ink in a black image area, is changed in accordance with the duty of color image recording in a plurality of specified areas.
Claim 48
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A method according to claim 39, wherein the color inks include yellow, magenta and cyan inks.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 39, wherein the inks are ejected by thermal energy.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
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An ink jet recording method using black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors, which have ink penetration properties different from said black ink, said method comprising the steps of: discriminating a black image area adjacent to a color image; calculating a color recording duty in data of a plurality of dots within an area marginal to a black image area adjacent to the color image; determining a ratio of black image recording by mixture of a plurality of color inks to black image recording by the black ink in the black image area, in accordance with a result of calculation of said calculating step; and effecting recording based on the ratio of the black image recording determined by said determining step.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
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An ink jet recording method using black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors, which have ink penetration properties different from said black ink, said method comprising the steps of: discriminating a black image area adjacent to a color image; calculating a color recording duty in data of a plurality of dots within an area marginal to a black image area adjacent to the color image; determining a ratio of black image recording by mixture of a plurality of color inks to black image recording by the black ink in the black image area, in accordance with a result of calculation of said calculating step; and effecting recording based on the ratio of the black image recording determined by said determining step.
Claim 52
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A method according to claim 43, wherein in said determining step, the ratio is determined by a mask pattern for recording the black image area.
Claim 53
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A method according to claim 43, wherein the color inks include yellow, magenta and cyan inks.
Claim 54
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A method according to claim 43, wherein the inks are ejected by thermal energy.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
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An ink jet recording apparatus using black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors, which have ink penetration properties different from that of said black ink, said apparatus comprising: means for detecting a duty of color image recording in data of a plurality of dots within a specified area on a recording position of a recording material; means for changing a ratio of black image recording by mixture of a plurality of the color inks to black image recording by the black ink in a black image area, in accordance with the duty detected by said detecting means; and means for effecting recording based on the ratio changed by said changing means, wherein said changing means increases the ratio with an increase of the color image recording duty in the specified area.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
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An ink jet recording apparatus using black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors, which have ink penetration properties different from that of said black ink, said apparatus comprising: means for detecting a duty of color image recording in data of a plurality of dots within a specified area on a recording position of a recording material; means for changing a ratio of black image recording by mixture of a plurality of the color inks to black image recording by the black ink in a black image area, in accordance with the duty detected by said detecting means; and means for effecting recording based on the ratio changed by said changing means, wherein said changing means increases the ratio with an increase of the color image recording duty in the specified area.
Claim 57
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An apparatus according to claim 47, wherein said changing means changes the ratio in the black image area in a specified area in accordance with a color image recording duty in a plurality of the specified areas.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 47, wherein the color inks include yellow, magenta and cyan inks.
Claim 59
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An apparatus according to claim 47, wherein the color and black inks are ejected from yellow, magenta, cyan and black recording heads.
Claim 60
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An apparatus according to claim 50, further comprising a carriage for carrying said recording heads.
Claim 61
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An apparatus according to claim 50, further comprising feeding means for feeding the recording material to a position of recording by said recording heads.
Claim 62
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An apparatus according to claim 47, wherein said recording apparatus is a copying machine.
Claim 63
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 47, wherein said recording apparatus is a facsimile machine.
Claim 64
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An apparatus according to claim 47, wherein said recording apparatus is a terminal machine of a computer.
Claim 65
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 47, wherein the inks are ejected by thermal energy.
Claim 66
Dependent Claim
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An ink jet recording apparatus using black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors which have ink penetration properties different from that of said black ink, comprising: means for discriminating a black image area adjacent to a color image; means for calculating a color recording duty in data of a plurality of dots within an area marginal to a black image area adjacent to the color image; means for determining a ratio of black pixel recording by mixture of a plurality of the color inks to black pixel recording by the black ink in the black image area, in accordance with a result of calculation of said calculating means; and driving means for effecting recording on the basis of the ratio of the black pixel recording determined by said determining means.
Claim 67
Dependent Claim
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An ink jet recording apparatus using black ink and a plurality of inks having different colors which have ink penetration properties different from that of said black ink, comprising: means for discriminating a black image area adjacent to a color image; means for calculating a color recording duty in data of a plurality of dots within an area marginal to a black image area adjacent to the color image; means for determining a ratio of black pixel recording by mixture of a plurality of the color inks to black pixel recording by the black ink in the black image area, in accordance with a result of calculation of said calculating means; and driving means for effecting recording on the basis of the ratio of the black pixel recording determined by said determining means.
Claim 68
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An apparatus according to claim 57, wherein said determining means determines the ratio by a mask pattern for recording the black image area.
Claim 69
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An apparatus according to claim 57, wherein the color inks include yellow, magenta and cyan inks.
Claim 70
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An apparatus according to claim 57, wherein the color and black inks are ejected from yellow, magenta, cyan and black recording heads.
Claim 71
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An apparatus according to claim 60, further comprising a carriage for carrying said recording heads.
Claim 72
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An apparatus according to claim 60, further comprising feeding means for feeding the recording material to a position of recording by said recording head.
Claim 73
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An apparatus according to claim 57, wherein said recording apparatus is a copying machine.
Claim 74
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 57, wherein said recording apparatus is a facsimile machine.
Claim 75
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An apparatus according to claim 57, wherein said recording apparatus is a terminal machine of a computer.
Claim 76
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An apparatus according to claim 57, wherein the inks are ejected by thermal energy.
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