Patent ID: 8472074

Claim:
A printing system including a printing apparatus and a host computer connected with the printing apparatus, the host computer comprising: a registering unit that registers first form data, which indicates a first area that a transparent coloring material is to be superimposed on content data, and second form data, different from the first form data, which indicates a second area that the transparent coloring material is to be superimposed on content data; an input unit that inputs a first identifier which identifies the first form data registered by said registering unit and a second identifier, different from the first identifier, which identifies the second form data registered by said registering unit; and a selection unit that allows a user to select one of the first form data and the second form data, wherein image forming with the transparent coloring material is based on the selected form data, and the printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit that prints an image using the transparent coloring material on the area indicated by the one of the first form data and the second form data which is selected by said selection unit, wherein the image is superimposed on the content data.