Print control apparatus, print control method, and print control program

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PATENT NO 9544471
APP PUB NO 20150062227A1
SERIAL NO

14476165

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A print control apparatus is configured to control a print head adapted to discharge ink droplets of a plurality of sizes to execute printing. The print control apparatus includes a print control unit configured to acquire a gradation value of an ink color based on image data and to determine whether or not to discharge an ink droplet of one of the plurality of sizes based on the gradation value. The print control unit is configured to determine that the ink droplet to be discharged is the ink droplet of a first size or smaller when the gradation value belongs to a maximum value-side partial range including a maximum value, and to determine that the ink droplet to be discharged is only the ink droplet of the first size when the gradation value belongs to a range towards a minimum value-side than the partial range.

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  • SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Matsumura, Tetsuya Nagano, JP 51 1021
Sudo, Naoki Nagano, JP 58 304

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