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Multiple-Value Expression
Technology for Photo-Quality Images
Conventional ink-jet printing systems are
based on the principle of two values for each ink color: eject no ink or eject ink.
This method falls to adequately produce natural, smooth color gradations. Photograph
images, however, require reproduction that captures subtle color tone changes, such
as in pictures of the sky. With Canon's "multiple-value expression technology,"
size, density, printing pattern and other factors controlling each ink droplet are
optimized to allow a wide variety of densities to be selected for each pixel. The
effect is equivalent to having multiple ink densities for each color.
In the BJC-8200, we used a combination of regular inks and 1/6th-density photo inks.
We also incorporated MicroFlne Droplet Technology, which produces ultrafine 4-pl
ink droplets. As a result, we achieved a maximum of 33 color gradations per pixel,
enabling us to faithfully render prints ranging from extremely light tones to medium-weight
and heavy, high-density colors. This achievement, which cleared one of the major
obstacles to photo-image output from inkjet printers, expresses such color subtleties
as the sheen of a person's skin, the transparency of glass and water, and the luster
of a metal surface in natural color gradations.
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