Patent ID: 9733872
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an object aggregating unit configured to aggregate spot color objects that are objects reflecting drawing information including spot color information of a plurality of spot color inks to be used in printing, for each of plural types of the spot color information, to place the spot color objects on spot color layers for the respective types; a layer generating unit configured to generate the spot color layers in front of a layer on which other objects to be drawn with an ink other than the spot color inks are aggregated and placed; and an overlapping area removing unit configured to determine, when there is an overlapping area in which a drawing area of a first spot color object amongst the spot color objects overlaps with a drawing area of a second object that is amongst said other objects and is disposed in front of the first spot color object, whether the second spot color object is in a clear color, and when the second spot color object is not in a clear color, the overlapping area removing unit, to remove the overlapping area from the drawing area of the first spot color object and generate a new spot color object in which the overlapping area has been removed from the drawing area of the first spot color object, and replace the first spot color object with the new spot color object, wherein the object aggregating unit places the new spot color object having a shape from which the overlapping area is removed on a spot color layer generated in front of the layer on which said other objects in colors other than the spot colors are aggregated and placed, and wherein when the second spot color object is in a clear color, the first spot color object having an original shape is placed on the spot color layer without removing the overlapping area from the first spot color object, and the new spot color object does not replace the first spot color object.