Controller and halftone dot signal generating method capable of controlling glossiness of image

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PATENT NO 8520261
APP PUB NO 20120105915A1
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13282976

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An image glossiness controller has a main component color specifying unit that identifies a prescribed component color and output identification information thereof. A change in amplitude of a convexoconcavity of a toner layer of the prescribed component color is greatest among those of the other component colors when each of the component color toner is formed and fixed alone. Three or more halftone dot signal generators convert clear toner image information into three or more binary clear toner image signals corresponding to three or more component colors per component color pixel using multiple halftone dot characteristics, respectively. Each of the multiple halftone dot characteristics generating three or more binary clear toner image signals has a reversed phase from that generating three or more binary component color image signals.

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  • RICOH COMPANY, LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Iio, Masato Kanagawa, JP 37 473
Kasai, Tadashi Kanagawa, JP 66 1167
Kobayashi, Shinya Kanagawa, JP 123 1066
Matsumoto, Kentarou Tokyo, JP 10 77
Shinohara, Katsuhiro Kanagawa, JP 6 61
Sonohara, Yoshihiro Kanagawa, JP 17 328
Terao, Masakazu Kanagawa, JP 15 173
Tsujita, Akio Kanagawa, JP 15 170

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