Printing control apparatus, image forming system, and printing control method which replace a type of surface effect imparted on a recording medium

摘要

A printing control apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a storing unit, a replacing unit, and a generating unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire apparatus configuration information of a printing apparatus that forms an image based on image data. The storing unit is configured to store therein gloss control plane data in which a type of a surface effect imparted to a recording medium and a control value for specifying an area in the recording medium, to which the surface effect is imparted, are designated. The replacing unit is configured to replace, based on the apparatus configuration information, the type of the surface effect imparted to the recording medium in the gloss control plane data with a predetermined type of a surface effect. The generating unit is configured to generate the image data based on the gloss control plane data subjected to the replacement by the replacing unit.

主权项

1. A printing control apparatus comprising:
an acquiring unit configured to acquire machine type information that indicates which of one or more post-processing machines are connected to a printing apparatus that forms an image based on image data; a storing unit configured to store therein gloss control plane data that specifies a type of a surface effect imparted to a recording medium for each of a plurality of areas of the recording medium; a replacing unit configured to
replace a respective type of a surface effect imparted to an area of the recording medium with a predetermined type of a surface effect in the gloss control plane data based on the machine type information of the one or more post-processing machines that are connected to the printing apparatus; and a generating unit configured to generate the image data based on the gloss control plane data subjected to replacement by the replacing unit.