Patent ID: 7554700
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. An embossed printing processing apparatus for carrying out embossed printing comprising: an extracting unit that extracts attribute values of a non-embossed image from non-embossed image data; a storing unit that preliminarily and separately creates and stores therein a plurality of embossing specification setting patterns that set conversion specifications for converting the attribute values of the non-embossed image that are extracted by the extracting unit into height data in correspondence to a type of the attribute values of the non-embossed image; a selecting unit that selects a desired embossing specification setting pattern in correspondence to the type of the attribute values of the non-embossed image extracted by the extracting unit from among the plurality of embossing specification setting patterns stored in the storing unit in creating the embossed image data from the non-embossed image data; an embossed image data creating unit that converts the attribute values of the non-embossed image into the height data by using the embossing specification setting pattern selected by the selecting unit and creates the embossed image data in correspondence to the non-embossed image data; and a transmitting unit that transmits the non-embossed image data and the embossed image data created by the embossed image data creating unit to an image forming apparatus.