Patent ID: 8837000
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G03G,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus connected to a printing device that is equipped with a colored color toner and a colorless clear toner and forms an image on a recording medium based on color plane data to attach the color toner and clear toner plane data to attach the clear toner, the information processing apparatus comprising: a total amount control unit that applies a total amount controlling process to the color plane data and clear plane data in which a density value to specify a transparent image by the clear toner is specified, to perform correction such that a sum of density values of all pixels composing the color plane data and the clear plane data becomes not larger than a certain value in a predetermined case; a clear toner plane generating unit that generates the clear toner plane data based on gloss control plane data in which a type of a surface effect, which is a visual or tactile effect to be applied to the recording medium, and the density value to specify a region in the recording medium to which the surface effect is applied are specified, the clear plane data, and the color plane data; a determining unit that determines whether the total amount controlling process is applied to the clear plane data of the clear toner plane data and the color plane data; a difference calculating unit that calculates a difference between the density value of a pixel of the clear toner plane data and the density value of the pixel of the clear toner plane data to which the total amount controlling process is applied, for each pixel, when the total amount controlling process is applied to the clear plane data of the clear toner plane data and the color plane data; an extracting unit that extracts an inconsistent region composed of a pixel in which the difference is not smaller than a predetermined threshold; and a display unit that displays the inconsistent region.