Print control apparatus, printing system, and print control method

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A print control apparatus that controls a printing device, wherein
the printing device stores therein colorless clear toner and forms an image on a recording medium based on clear-toner plane data for attaching the colorless clear toner, the print control apparatus comprising: a generator that generates the clear-toner plane data based on first image data and second image data, the first image data containing a density value that corresponds to a type of a surface effect applied to the recording medium and specifying a region to which the surface effect is applied in the recording medium, and the second image data containing another density value for specifying a transparent image other than the surface effect, wherein when the region where the density value corresponding to the type of the surface effect is specified in the first image data and another region where the another density value for specifying the transparent image is specified in the second image data overlap each other, the generator sets a value of the clear-toner plane data to either the density value corresponding to the type of the surface effect or the another density value for specifying the transparent image based on a predetermined condition.