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Information processing apparatus, data generation method, and data structure

US9110426B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 2011
Grant dateAug 18, 2015
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Expiry dateMay 5, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0081
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an input unit that receives specifications of a color, a type of a surface effect that is a visual or a tactile effect, and a region to which the surface effect is applied, with respect to input image data; a generating unit that generates color data and gloss control data based on the specifications, the gloss control data being data which is used for generating clear toner data and in which a gloss control value is specified for identifying the type of the surface effect applied to the recording medium and for identifying a region to which the surface effect is applied in the recording medium; and a sending unit that sends the color data and the gloss control data to a print control apparatus.

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