A print control apparatus (50, 60) that controls a printing device, wherein the printing device is equipped with at least one color toner that is colored and at least one clear toner that is colorless, and forms an image on a recording medium based on at least one piece of color image data used for attaching the color toner and at least one piece of clear-toner image data used for attaching the clear toner, the print control apparatus (50, 60) comprising: a generating unit that generates the color image data based on gloss-control image data, the gloss-control image data containing a gloss control value for identifying a type of a surface effect being a visual or a tactile effect applied to the recording medium and for identifying a region to which the surface effect is applied in the recording medium, and generates the clear-toner image data based on presence or absence of at least one post processing device (80, 90, 100) connected to the printing device and based on a type of the post processing device (80, 90, 100); a post-processing control unit that controls the post processing device (80, 90, 100) in accordance with the presence or absence of the post processing device (80, 90, 100) connected to the printing device and the type of the post processing device (80, 90, 100); and an output unit that outputs the clear-toner image data, characterized in that the gloss-control image data indicates that a plurality of surface effects are applied in one page, and the print control apparatus (50, 60) further comprises: a selecting unit that selects, when a plurality of surface effects are indicated in one page by the gloss-control image data but at least one of the surface effects cannot be realized in the same page due to a content of color image data, due to the presence or absence of the post processing device (80, 90, 100), or due to the type of the post processing device, a predetermined available surface effect as a substitute for the surface effect that cannot be realized in the same page, wherein the generating unit generates the clear-toner image data based on the surface effect selected by the selecting unit. a generating unit that generates the color image data based on gloss-control image data, the gloss-control image data containing a gloss control value for identifying a type of a surface effect being a visual or a tactile effect applied to the recording medium and for identifying a region to which the surface effect is applied in the recording medium, and generates the clear-toner image data based on presence or absence of at least one post processing device (80, 90, 100) connected to the printing device and based on a type of the post processing device (80, 90, 100); a post-processing control unit that controls the post processing device (80, 90, 100) in accordance with the presence or absence of the post processing device (80, 90, 100) connected to the printing device and the type of the post processing device (80, 90, 100); and an output unit that outputs the clear-toner image data, characterized in that the gloss-control image data indicates that a plurality of surface effects are applied in one page, and the print control apparatus (50, 60) further comprises: a selecting unit that selects, when a plurality of surface effects are indicated in one page by the gloss-control image data but at least one of the surface effects cannot be realized in the same page due to a content of color image data, due to the presence or absence of the post processing device (80, 90, 100), or due to the type of the post processing device, a predetermined available surface effect as a substitute for the surface effect that cannot be realized in the same page, wherein the generating unit generates the clear-toner image data based on the surface effect selected by the selecting unit. a selecting unit that selects, when a plurality of surface effects are indicated in one page by the gloss-control image data but at least one of the surface effects cannot be realized in the same page due to a content of color image data, due to the presence or absence of the post processing device (80, 90, 100), or due to the type of the post processing device, a predetermined available surface effect as a substitute for the surface effect that cannot be realized in the same page, wherein the generating unit generates the clear-toner image data based on the surface effect selected by the selecting unit.