Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, printer driver, image processing method and computer-readable storage medium

摘要

An image forming apparatus forms an image by a plurality of dots, by forming a periphery of a stepped transition portion of a contour portion of at least a character and/or graphics of the image by dots having a smaller size than dots forming portions other than the stepped transition portion, and determining a method of forming the dots having the smaller size depending on an inclination of the contour portion.