Information processing apparatus, data generation method, and data structure

An information processing apparatus connected to a print control apparatus that controls a printing device, wherein

• the printing device is equipped with at least one color toner that is colored and at least one clear toner that is colorless, and forms an image on a recording medium based on at least one piece of color data used for attaching the color toner and at least one piece of clear toner data used for attaching the clear toner,
• the information processing apparatus comprising:
• an input unit that receives specifications of a color, a type of a surface effect that is a visual or a tactile effect, and a region to which the surface effect is applied, with respect to input image data;
• a generating unit that generates the color data and gloss control data based on the specifications, the gloss control data being data which is used for generating the clear toner data and in which a gloss control value is specified for identifying the type of the surface effect applied to the recording medium and for identifying a region to which the surface effect is applied in the recording medium;
• and
• a sending unit that sends the color data and the gloss control data to the print control apparatus.