Patent ID: 8351809
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus for controlling an image forming system capable of forming a transparent image for adjusting glossiness of a color image to be formed on a sheet by using a transparent toner, said control apparatus comprising: area obtaining means for obtaining a first area of the color image in which glossiness is to be adjusted; mode obtaining means for obtaining a mode selected from a plurality of modes including a mode in which the glossiness in the first area obtained by said area obtaining means is higher than that in a second area of the color image and including a mode in which the glossiness in the first area is lower than that in the second area; and control means for controlling, depending on the mode obtained by said mode obtaining means, an area in which the image forming system forms the transparent image in a switchable manner between the first area and the second area.