IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC B41J2/01 

FIELD: printing industry.

SUBSTANCE: image processing method involves a stage, at which input data of an image are determined to colour ink data, which corresponds to volumes of use of one or more types of colour inks and transparent ink. With that, input image data is converted to colour ink data so that the amount of transparent ink used in colour ink data using the ink containing technical carbon becomes more or is equal to the amount of transparent ink used in colour ink data using no ink containing the technical carbon.

EFFECT: providing the possibility of reducing excess glossiness in the area of dark sections of the printed image.

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