Print control apparatus, printing system, and print control method
US9671740B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/50
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A print control apparatus includes a generating unit that generates clear-toner plane data based on gloss-control plane data, which contains a gloss control value for specifying a type of a surface effect being a visual or a tactile effect applied to the recording medium and for specifying a region to which the surface effect is applied in the recording medium, and clear plane data, which contains a density value for specifying a transparent image other than the surface effect; and an outputting unit that outputs the clear-toner plane data. When a region where the gloss control value is specified in the gloss-control plane data and a region where the density value is specified in the clear plane data overlap each other, the generating unit sets a value of the clear-toner plane data to the gloss control value or the density value, based on a predetermined condition.
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