US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 23 for "Image processing apparatus, image processing method, printing apparatus, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,542, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, printing apparatus, and storage medium" was invented by Kei Yoshizawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Yosuke Ishii (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tatsuo Shimmoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A generation unit, which is configured to process image data to generate print data for applying an ink and a reaction liquid such that the print data corresponds to respective passes, generates print data for the ink such that the ink is applied only in a pass of which the elapsed time after application of the reaction liquid to the print mediu...