Printing control apparatus, image forming system, and printing control method

An image forming system that generates image data, comprising:

• a printing apparatus that includes a printer machine and a post-processing machine;
• and
• a printing control apparatus that generates image data and transmits the image data to the printing apparatus, wherein
• the printing control apparatus includes:
• an acquiring unit configured to acquire apparatus configuration information of the printing apparatus that forms an image based on the image data;
• a storing unit 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;
• a replacing unit 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;
• and
• a generating unit configured to generate the image data based on the gloss control plane data subjected to the replacement by the replacing unit.

A printing control method performed by a printing control apparatus that generates image data and includes a storing unit 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 printing control method comprising:
• acquiring apparatus configuration information of a printing apparatus that forms an image based on the image data;
• replacing, 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;
• and
• generating the image data based on the gloss control plane data subjected to the replacement by the replacing unit.