US 12,449,752 B2
Printing system, printing method, and computer-readable medium
Keiji Kunimi, Kanagawa (JP); and Ryo Kobayashi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Keiji Kunimi, Kanagawa (JP); and Ryo Kobayashi, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on May 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/675,176.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-091983 (JP), filed on Jun. 2, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0402639 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/5062 (2013.01) [G03G 15/5016 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrophotographic printing system comprising:
circuitry configured to:
select, in accordance with an operation to an input device, a mask pattern made up of first toner representing black by a combination of a plurality of color toners, the mask pattern being overlaid on an image area of a target image to be concealed within image data; and
generate, based on the image data, print data for overlaying and printing the selected mask pattern on the image area.