JP2014229947A5

JP2014229947A5 -

Info

Publication number: JP2014229947A5
Application number: JP2013105624A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2013-05-17
Publication date: 2016-06-23
Anticipated expiration: 2033-05-17

Claims

Image input means for inputting halftone dot image data;
Dividing means for dividing the halftone dot image data into outline region data corresponding to a contour region including a contour at a halftone dot, and non-contour region data corresponding to a non-contour region that is not the contour region;
Non-contour region processing means for performing image processing for reproducing the color of halftone dots on the non-contour region data;
Output image generation means for generating output image data from the non-contour region data and the contour region data after the image processing;
An image processing apparatus comprising:

The dot image data is data for the first printing device, the output image data is data for the second printing device,
The non-contour area processing means performs image processing for reproducing the color of a halftone dot printed by the first printing apparatus on the non-contour area data by printing by the second printing apparatus. 2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus is characterized.

The second printing apparatus enables printing using a plurality of color materials,
3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the non-contour region processing unit performs color separation processing corresponding to the plurality of color materials on the non-contour region data.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the number of color materials used in the second printing apparatus is larger than the number of color components of the halftone dot image data.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the non-contour region processing unit performs multi-value conversion and color conversion processing on the non-contour region data.

6. The image according to claim 2, wherein the non-contour region processing unit performs image processing on the non-contour region data in accordance with characteristics of the second printing apparatus. Processing equipment.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the characteristics of the second printing apparatus include at least one of color developability of a color material, printing resolution, and dot gain.

3. The image processing according to claim 2, wherein the contour region data is subjected to image processing for reproducing a halftone dot shape printed by the first printing device by printing by the second printing device. 8. The image processing device according to any one of items 7.

9. The non- contour region processing means performs image processing on the contour region data so that a halftone dot size reproduced by the second printing apparatus is reduced. Image processing device.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the non- contour area processing means performs thinning processing or thinning processing on the contour area data.

The output image generating means is configured such that the halftone dots reproduced by the second printing device are only halftone colors corresponding to the color of the halftone dots whose outline region is printed by the first printing device, 11. The image according to claim 2, wherein the output image data is generated so that the non-contour region is configured by a plurality of colors including colors different from the halftone color. Processing equipment.

12. The image according to claim 11, wherein the output image generation unit generates the output image data so that a region other than a halftone dot corresponding portion reproduced by the second printing apparatus is colorless. Processing equipment.

The second printing device enables printing with a plurality of dot sizes;
In the halftone dot reproduced by the second printing apparatus, the output image generation means corresponds to a second dot size that corresponds to the first dot size and the non-contour region is smaller than the first dot size. 13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the output image data is generated so as to correspond to a dot size.

Furthermore, it has a priority input means for inputting a halftone dot priority indicating the ratio of the contour region to halftone dots,
14. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the dividing unit divides the halftone dot image data according to the halftone dot priority.

15. The image processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the priority input unit inputs the halftone dot priority according to a user instruction.

Image input means for inputting halftone dot image data;
Dividing means for dividing the halftone dot image data into outline region data corresponding to a contour region including a contour at a halftone dot, and non-contour region data corresponding to a non-contour region that is not the contour region;
Contour region processing means for performing image processing for reproducing the color of halftone dots on the contour region data;
Output image generation means for generating output image data for reproducing interference due to halftone dots from the non-contour region data and the contour region data after the image processing;
An image processing apparatus comprising:

An image processing method in an image processing apparatus having an image input means, a dividing means, a non-contour area processing means, and an output image generating means,
The image input means inputs halftone dot image data,
The dividing means divides the halftone dot image data into contour region data corresponding to a contour region including a contour at a halftone dot and non-contour region data corresponding to a non-contour region that is not the contour region;
The non-contour region processing means performs image processing for reproducing halftone dots on the non-contour region data,
An image processing method wherein the output image generation means, and generating an output image data wherein after the image processing and non-contour area data from said contour area data.

17. A program for causing a computer device to function as each unit of the image processing device according to claim 1 when executed on the computer device.

A recording medium on which a halftone dot formed by a plurality of dots is printed for a certain color component,
The halftone dot is
An outline printed only with dots of the color component;
A recording medium, wherein the recording medium is divided into a central portion printed by a plurality of color dots including a color component different from the color component.

A recording medium on which a halftone dot formed by a plurality of dots is printed for a certain color component,
The halftone dot is
An outline printed only by the first dot;
A recording medium characterized by being divided into at least a central portion printed by dots smaller than the first dots.