| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save recording materials at the time of printing. SOLUTION: At the time of receiving image data from a host 1001, an image information generating means 1008 generates an image and a recording material reduction processing part 1010 calculates AND of a designated pattern and the generated image. A bit map image developing part 1009 develops the pattern as a bit map image to output and a printer engine 1013 print-outputs it. These processings can be executed by a host 1001, can be executed by each color of a color image and can be executed by the object such as a character, a graphic. In addition, when the processing is executed by the host 1001, the preview of a printing image can be seen. Thereby the recording materials such as ink and toner are reduced by thinning pixels from the image after selecting a desired pattern. |
