THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING APPARATUS

摘要

There is provided a printing apparatus which prints a protective coat, on the basis of input image data, onto a recording sheet on which an image is printed with a dye ink, the printing apparatus comprising: an area dividing unit configured to divide the input image data into a plurality of areas; a conversion unit configured to convert the input image data into print control data by using conversion information provided to convert the input image data into the print control data; and a printing unit configured to print the protective coat on the basis of the print control data acquired by the conversion unit, wherein the conversion unit is configured to include a plurality of pieces of the conversion information and convert the input image data into the print control data by using a piece of the conversion information different for each area divided by the area dividing unit.

主权项

1. A printing apparatus printing a protective coat on the basis of input image data onto a recording sheet on which an image is printed with a dye ink, the printing apparatus comprising:
an area dividing unit configured to divide the input image data into a plurality of areas; a conversion unit configured to convert the input image data into print control data by using conversion information provided to convert the input image data into the print control data; and a printing unit configured to print the protective coat on the basis of the print control data acquired by the conversion unit, wherein the conversion unit is configured to convert the input image data into the print control data by using a piece of the conversion information different for each area divided by the area dividing unit.