Patent ID: 9332157
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A print control apparatus comprising: an image data acquisition unit configured to acquire at least first image data of a raster format that defines color information and second image data of a raster format that defines an amount of recording with a special color ink different from the color that is indicated by the color information; a PDL data generation unit configured to generate PDL data indicative of an instruction for printing a document comprising at least an image represented by the first image data and the second image data; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the generated PDL data to a print unit, the PDL data generation unit being configured to generate the PDL data by the PDL data determination unit makes the determination in accordance with the number of ranges where the special color ink is recorded in the second image data such that the second image data is converted into the second PDL format when the number of ranges is not greater than a threshold value.