US 9,541,882 B2 · Print control apparatus, print system, and medium which operate using gloss effect information

Abstract

A print control apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store therein a plurality of surface-effect selection tables for respective pieces of recording medium information on a recording medium. Different types of same surface effects are registered in each of the surface-effect selection tables. The print control apparatus also includes a determining unit configured to determine a surface-effect selection table corresponding to a piece of recording medium information from the storage unit; an image data generating unit configured to generate image data based on the determined surface-effect selection table and based on gloss-control plane data in which a type of a surface effect to be applied to the recording medium and an area of the recording medium to which the surface effect is to be applied are specified; and an output unit configured to output the image data.

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Dependent claims

A printer control apparatus comprising:

a memory which stores, for each of a plurality of recording media, gloss effect information which includes plural entries of a type of image data related to a gloss effect, so that the gloss effect information for one of the plurality of recording media differs from the gloss effect information for another of the plurality of recording media in at least one of the plural entries of the type of image data;
and
a processor configured to perform:
determining, using the memory, the gloss effect information for the one of the plurality of recording media,
determining the type of image data from the gloss effect information which has been determined, and
generating image data using the type of image data which has been determined.

3 more elements

A printing system, comprising:

a printer;
and
a printer control apparatus connected to the printer, the printer control apparatus including:
a memory which stores, for each of a plurality of recording media, gloss effect information which includes plural entries of a type of image data related to a gloss effect, so that the gloss effect information for one of the plurality of recording media differs from the gloss effect information for another of the plurality of recording media in at least one of the plural entries of the type of image data;
and
a processor configured to perform:
determining, using the memory, the gloss effect information for the one of the plurality of recording media,
determining the type of image data from the gloss effect information which has been determined, and
generating image data using the type of image data which has been determined,
wherein the printer prints the image data which has been generated.

7 more elements

A computer readable memory containing program instructions for controlling a printer using a memory which stores, for each of a plurality of recording media, gloss effect information which includes plural entries of a type of image data related to a gloss effect, so that the gloss effect information for one of the plurality of recording media differs from the gloss effect information for another of the plurality of recording media in at least one of the plural entries of the type of image data, wherein execution of the program instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

determining, using the memory, the gloss effect information for the one of the plurality of recording media,
determining the type of image data from the doss effect information which has been determined, and
generating image data using the type of image data which has been determined.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Print control apparatus, print system, and medium which operate using gloss effect information

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Print control apparatus, print system, and medium which operate using gloss effect information

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