A print control apparatus configured to control a printing device , wherein the printing device is configured to store therein at least one color toner and at least one colorless clear toner and form an image on a recording medium based on color plane data for attaching the color toner and clear-toner plane data for attaching the clear toner, the print control apparatus comprising: a generating unit that is configured to generate the clear-toner plane data based on gloss-control plane data and clear plane data specified by a user, the gloss-control plane data containing a gloss control value for specifying a type of a surface effect being a visual or tactile effect applied to the recording medium and for specifying a region to which the surface effect is applied in the recording medium, and the clear plane data containing a density value for specifying a transparent image other than the surface effect; and an outputting unit that is configured to output the clear-toner plane data, wherein when a region where the gloss control value is specified in the gloss-control plane data and a region where the density value is specified in the clear plane data overlap each other, the generating unit is configured to set a value of the clear-toner plane data to either the gloss control value specified in the gloss-control plane data or the density value specified in the clear plane data, based on a predetermined condition, the print control apparatus further comprising an acquiring unit that is configured to acquire plane priority information indicating whether to give priority to the gloss-control plane data or the clear plane data; and a determining unit that is configured to determine an overlapping area, in which a region where the gloss control value is specified in the gloss-control plane data and a region where the density value is specified in the clear plane data overlap each other, wherein the generating unit is configured to generate the clear-toner plane data of the overlapping area based on either the gloss-control plane data or the clear plane data as specified in the plane priority information. a generating unit that is configured to generate the clear-toner plane data based on gloss-control plane data and clear plane data specified by a user, the gloss-control plane data containing a gloss control value for specifying a type of a surface effect being a visual or tactile effect applied to the recording medium and for specifying a region to which the surface effect is applied in the recording medium, and the clear plane data containing a density value for specifying a transparent image other than the surface effect; and an outputting unit that is configured to output the clear-toner plane data, wherein when a region where the gloss control value is specified in the gloss-control plane data and a region where the density value is specified in the clear plane data overlap each other, the generating unit is configured to set a value of the clear-toner plane data to either the gloss control value specified in the gloss-control plane data or the density value specified in the clear plane data, based on a predetermined condition, the print control apparatus further comprising an acquiring unit that is configured to acquire plane priority information indicating whether to give priority to the gloss-control plane data or the clear plane data; and a determining unit that is configured to determine an overlapping area, in which a region where the gloss control value is specified in the gloss-control plane data and a region where the density value is specified in the clear plane data overlap each other, wherein the generating unit is configured to generate the clear-toner plane data of the overlapping area based on either the gloss-control plane data or the clear plane data as specified in the plane priority information. <EOS>