Patent attributes
There is provided an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of conducting different manners of resolution conversion processing depending on scanning direction. An image processing apparatus 1 includes: a sub-scanning-directional first resolution converting section 4 for enhancing resolution of input image data in a sub-scanning direction; a sub-scanning-directional second resolution converting section 5; a main-scanning-directional first resolution converting section 14 for enhancing resolution of input image data in a main-scanning direction; and a main-scanning-directional second resolution converting section 15. The structure such as above enables the image processing apparatus 1 to conduct resolution conversion processing in sub-scanning direction and main-scanning direction independently, thereby to obtain a high-quality output image.
