Patent ID: 8970904
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
1. A printer apparatus configured to transfer ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium by providing a heat amount according to a gradation, the printer apparatus comprising: a print control unit configured to control the printer apparatus to transfer an overcoat on a first image, after forming the first image by transferring the ink to the recording medium, and to form, at the time of the transfer of the overcoat, a second image by forming concavity and convexity on the recording medium by controlling a gradation, during the transfer of the overcoat; and a selection unit configured to select a glossy mode of the overcoat, wherein the print control unit switches whether to form the second image with a gradation of a drawing region of the second image set higher than a gradation of a drawing peripheral region surrounding the drawing region, or to form the second image with the gradation of the drawing region of the second image set lower than the gradation of the drawing peripheral region surrounding the drawing region, according to the glossy mode selected by the selection unit.