Print control apparatus and method which determine the type of image data and generate the image data using the type of image data
US9329556B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 16, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0081
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A print control apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store therein a plurality of surface-effect selection tables for respective pieces of recording medium information on a recording medium. Different types of same surface effects are registered in each of the surface-effect selection tables. The print control apparatus also includes a determining unit configured to determine a surface-effect selection table corresponding to a piece of recording medium information from the storage unit; an image data generating unit configured to generate image data based on the determined surface-effect selection table and based on gloss-control plane data in which a type of a surface effect to be applied to the recording medium and an area of the recording medium to which the surface effect is to be applied are specified; and an output unit configured to output the image data.
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