Image processing method, image processing equipment and image forming equipment

摘要

Disclosed is image processing equipment for converting a low resolution image into a high resolution image enabling to reproduce a low resolution pixel shape being maintained in a high resolution image. There are provided a storage (31) for storing a low resolution image and a resolution converter (32) for converting a low resolution target pixel into a plurality of high resolution pixels. A conversion process is carried out as follows: First, a target pixel stored in the storage (31) and pixels positioned on the upper, lower, right and left respectively adjacent to the target pixel are referred to. Then, according to the above-mentioned reference result, the converter converts each low resolution pixel into a plurality of high resolution pixels so that the low resolution pixel shape is reproduced in a high resolution image to maintain compatibility in the print results.