An evaluation table includes: a first pixel value set; a second pixel value set next to and having a larger pixel value sum than the first pixel value set; a third pixel value set having a larger pixel value sum than the second pixel value set; a fourth pixel value set next to and having a larger pixel value sum than the third pixel value set; a fifth pixel value set having a larger pixel value sum than the fourth pixel value set; and a sixth pixel value set next to and having a larger sum than the fifth pixel value set. Each of a difference between pixel value sums of the first and second pixel value sets and a difference between pixel value sums of the fifth and sixth pixel value sets is larger than a difference between pixel value sums of the third and fourth pixel value sets.

An evaluation table includes: a first pixel value set; a second pixel value set next to and having a larger pixel value sum than the first pixel value set; a third pixel value set having a larger pixel value sum than the second pixel value set; a fourth pixel value set next to and having a larger pixel value sum than the third pixel value set; a fifth pixel value set having a larger pixel value sum than the fourth pixel value set; and a sixth pixel value set next to and having a larger sum than the fifth pixel value set. Each of a difference between pixel value sums of the first and second pixel value sets and a difference between pixel value sums of the fifth and sixth pixel value sets is larger than a difference between pixel value sums of the third and fourth pixel value sets.

A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a head which discharges a plurality of kinds of liquids; and a controller. The controller is configured to: calculate a total discharge amount of the liquids for a unit area of a recording medium based on discharge data for the unit area; determine whether the total discharge amount exceeds a predefined amount; in a case that the controller has determined that the total discharge amount exceeds the predefined amount, divide the discharge data into a plurality of pieces of divided discharge data, each of the pieces of divided discharge data indicating the total discharge amount of not more than the predefined amount; and perform a plurality of divided discharges for the unit area based on the pieces of divided discharge data.

An optical device includes a light emitting surface, a lens mirror array having an incident surface that transmits light from the light emitting surface and converges the light, an emission surface that emits the light incident through the incident surface, and a plurality of reflecting surfaces that reflect the light incident through the incident surface toward the emission surface, and an image plane where an image of the light emitted through the emission surface is formed. The light emitting surface and the image plane are disposed nonparallel to each other so that an imaginary first plane parallel to the light emitting surface and an imaginary second plane parallel to the image plane intersect at a side of the plurality of reflecting surfaces.

An optical device includes a light emitting surface, a lens mirror array having an incident surface that transmits light from the light emitting surface and converges the light, an emission surface that emits the light incident through the incident surface, and a plurality of reflecting surfaces that reflect the light incident through the incident surface toward the emission surface, and an image plane where an image of the light emitted through the emission surface is formed. The light emitting surface and the image plane are disposed nonparallel to each other so that an imaginary first plane parallel to the light emitting surface and an imaginary second plane parallel to the image plane intersect at a side of the plurality of reflecting surfaces.

Quantization is performed on multi-valued data corresponding to a non-overlap recording area and one of recording heads on the basis of a dither pattern and multi-valued data corresponding to the non-overlap recording area and the other one of the recording heads, and also arrangements of thresholds for the dither patterns used between the scanning operations are varied.

An optical device includes a light emitting surface, a lens mirror array having an incident surface that transmits light from the light emitting surface and converges the light, an emission surface that emits the light incident through the incident surface, and a plurality of reflecting surfaces that reflect the light incident through the incident surface toward the emission surface, and an image plane where an image of the light emitted through the emission surface is formed. The light emitting surface and the image plane are disposed nonparallel to each other so that an imaginary first plane parallel to the light emitting surface and an imaginary second plane parallel to the image plane intersect at a side of the plurality of reflecting surfaces.

An optical device includes a light emitting surface, a lens mirror array having an incident surface that transmits light from the light emitting surface and converges the light, an emission surface that emits the light incident through the incident surface, and a plurality of reflecting surfaces that reflect the light incident through the incident surface toward the emission surface, and an image plane where an image of the light emitted through the emission surface is formed. The light emitting surface and the image plane are disposed nonparallel to each other so that an imaginary first plane parallel to the light emitting surface and an imaginary second plane parallel to the image plane intersect at a side of the plurality of reflecting surfaces.

In one example, image forming quality is stabilized by monitoring aging characteristics of an image forming system including its set of supplies. When an age-related triggering event occurs, a set of modified parameters are substituted for a set of standardized parameters. This substitution increases the image forming quality while sacrificing some visual acuity based on user preferences from psychometric testing.

In one example, image forming quality is stabilized by monitoring aging characteristics of an image forming system including its set of supplies. When an age-related triggering event occurs, a set of modified parameters are substituted for a set of standardized parameters. This substitution increases the image forming quality while sacrificing some visual acuity based on user preferences from psychometric testing.