Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium for reducing a consumption amount of color material
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Jan 30, 2018
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Oct 28, 2015
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Oct 31, 2014
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a thinning amount smaller than one pixel for each line data in a high density area in image data, a comparison unit configured to compare the thinning amount set by the setting unit with a predetermined threshold, and a processing unit configured to execute, based on a result of comparison by the comparison unit, a thinning process by using a thinning amount larger than the thinning amount set by the setting unit or a thinning amount smaller than the thinning amount set by the setting unit as for M pixels out of N pixels (N>M) contained in the line data, and a thinning process by using the thinning amount set by the setting unit as for the rest of the N pixels contained in the line data.
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- 2015 Application Filing Year
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