摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the character reproducibility and the gradation reproducibility of an output image, based on image data after a filter process. <P>SOLUTION: A filter processor 34 replaces image data of pixels belonging to character regions with zero in a smoothing filter process for image data of pixels belonging to dot regions, if the pixels belonging to character regions are contained in reference pixels. It replaces the image data of pixels belonging to the character regions with zero in the smoothing filter process for image data of pixels belonging to the dot regions, if the pixels belonging to the character regions are contained in the reference pixels. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |