Patents Examined by Thiah Nguyen
  • Patent number: 6592212
    Abstract: A technique of the present invention uses dark yellow (DY) ink, in addition to a plurality of conventionally used basic color inks including cyan (C) ink, magenta (M) ink, and yellow (Y) ink. The technique may cause a printer to create dots with the DY ink, in place of creation of dots with the Y, C, and M inks. This arrangement enhances the degree of freedom in specification of dot on-off conditions of the respective inks, and relieves the restriction of ink duty, thereby enabling a resulting printed image to have higher picture quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiaki Kakutani