IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

摘要

An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit to receive color plane data and white control plane data for specifying a type of a white effect to be applied to a recording medium with a white color material; a determining unit to determine image recording operation for realizing the white effect based on the white control plane data; a first generating unit to generate chromatic color material image data indicating a recording amount of a chromatic color material based on the color plane data; a second generating unit to generate white color material image data indicating a recording amount of a white color material based on the white control plane data; and a control unit to control recording of images corresponding to the chromatic color material image data and the white color material image data on one or both sides of the recording medium according to the image recording operation.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a data receiving unit to receive color plane data as chromatic image data, and receive white control plane data as image data for specifying a type of a white effect indicating a visual or tactile effect to be applied to a recording medium by using a white color material; a determining unit to determine image recording operation for realizing the white effect specified by the white control plane data, on the basis of the white control plane data; a first generating unit to generate chromatic color material image data indicating a recording amount of a chromatic color material on the basis of the color plane data; a second generating unit to generate white color material image data indicating a recording amount of a white color material on the basis of the white control plane data; and a control unit to control recording of images corresponding to the chromatic color material image data and the white color material image data on one side or both sides of the recording medium in accordance with the image recording operation determined by the determining unit.