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US08913297B2 Image formation method and apparatus for printing images using reduced amount of developer 有权
图像形成方法和使用减少量的显影剂打印图像的装置

  • Patent Title: Image formation method and apparatus for printing images using reduced amount of developer
  • Patent Title (中): 图像形成方法和使用减少量的显影剂打印图像的装置
  • Application No.: US13832524
    Application Date: 2013-03-15
  • Publication No.: US08913297B2
    Publication Date: 2014-12-16
  • Inventor: Naoki Otsuka
  • Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
  • Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
  • Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
  • Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
  • Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
  • Agency: Mots Law, PLLC
  • Agent Marvin A. Motsenbocker
  • Priority: JP2012-074155 20120328
  • Main IPC: H04N1/40
  • IPC: H04N1/40 G06K15/00 H04N1/00
Image formation method and apparatus for printing images using reduced amount of developer
Abstract:
An image formation apparatus includes a memory to store image data including objects each having information on a type and densities of colors of the object, a developer-remaining-amount sensor to sense and output remaining-amount information indicating a color of a developer having a small remaining amount among colors of respective developers for image formation, a controller to transform first pixel values of the densities of the colors of each object included in the image data stored in the memory into second pixel values indicating use amounts of the colors of the developers, for each object based on the type of the object and the remaining-amount information, an image formation unit to form images on a recording medium for the objects included in the image data by using the developers in accordance with the use amounts of the developers corresponding to the second pixel values transformed by the controller.
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