Print control terminal, image forming apparatus, print control method, and image forming method

摘要

A print control terminal including a user interface to receive a setting of a print command and print options of a document, a screen selection unit to select a halftone screen to be applied to the document, a transparency multiple number selection unit to select a transparency multiple number to correspond to the selected halftone screen, a print data generation unit to generate print data of the document according to the selected transparency multiple number, and a communication interface to transmit the generated print data and the print options to the image forming apparatus. A transparency multiple number is changed according to the characteristics of a halftone screen to improve quality of an output image.

主权项

1. A print control terminal connected to an image forming apparatus, the print control terminal comprising:
a screen selection unit to determine a halftone screen to be applied to a document to be printed; a transparency multiple number selection unit to change a transparency multiple number according to at least one of characteristics of the determined halftone screen; and a print data generation unit to generate print data of the document according to the changed transparency multiple number.