| US 7,562,956 B2 | ||
| Image printing using print quality enhancing ink | ||
| Satoshi Yamazaki, Nagano-ken (Japan); and Yuko Yamamoto, Nagano-ken (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 16, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/749,465. | ||
| Application 11/033710 is a division of application No. 10/410608, filed on Apr. 10, 2003, granted, now 6,863,374. | ||
| Application 11/749465 is a continuation of application No. 11/033710, filed on Jan. 13, 2005, granted, now 7,237,866. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-112888 (JP), filed on Apr. 16, 2002; and application No. 2002-252771 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0211097 A1, Sep. 13, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 29/38 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—14 [347/95] | 2 Claims |
| 1. A printing control device for generating print data from image data, the print data representing an ink ejection state
at each pixel of a print image, the ink ejection state including an ejection amount of colored ink containing colorant and
an ejection amount of quality enhancing ink for improving image quality of the print image, the printing control device comprising:
ejection characteristic designation receiving module configured to receive an ejection characteristic designation that specifies
ejection characteristics of the quality enhancing ink from a user, wherein the ejection characteristic designation excludes
a print medium, a temperature, and a print mode;
ejection characteristics modifying module configured to modify the ejection amount of the quality enhancing ink on the basis
of the received ejection characteristic designation; and
print data generating module configured to generate print data representing the ink ejection state including the ejection
amount of the colored ink and the modified ejection amount of the quality enhancing ink at each pixel of the print image.
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