Patent ID: 8807698

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for printing an image on a print medium using a printhead for discharging at least one type of color ink containing a color material and a clear ink for adjusting glossiness of the image during a scanning which is performed relatively between the printhead and the print medium such that the color ink is overcoated by the clear ink, the apparatus comprising: a determining unit configured to determine discharging amounts of the color ink and the clear ink on the print medium based on data of the image; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information representing a patterned decoration region for expressing patterned decoration on the image printed on the print medium; a changing unit configured to change the discharging amount of the clear ink in the patterned decoration region represented by the information obtained by the obtaining unit without changing the discharging amount of the clear ink in a remaining region other than the patterned decoration region; and a generation unit configured to generate print data for the printing by the printhead based on the discharging amount of the color ink determined by the determining unit, the discharging amount of the clear ink for the patterned decoration region changed by the changing unit, and the discharging amount of the clear ink for the remaining region which is not changed by the changing unit.