Patent ID: 9497354
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A print apparatus for printing an image based on image data and a protection layer onto a print medium, comprising: an image data input in communication with a main controller and configured to input the image data; an information input device configured to input information different from the image data; a printer configured to print the image onto the print medium on the basis of the image data input by the image data input and print the protection layer on the basis of the information input by the information input device, wherein the protection layer is printed onto a print surface of the print medium on which the image has been printed; and the main controller configured to control the printing of the image and the printing of the protection layer, wherein the main controller controls the printing of the protection layer so that a non-print area where the protection layer is not printed is formed on the basis of the information input by the information input device, wherein the protection layer printed by the printer prevents the image printed on the print medium by the printer from being removed and the printed image in the non-print area where the protection layer is not printed is removed when being scraped, and wherein the main controller controls to form the non-print area wherein the protection layer is not printed, in an area where a concentration of the image data is equal to or larger than a predetermined concentration.