Patent ID: 8619335

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an inputting unit configured to input image data; a recognizing unit configured to recognize a plurality of regions included in the image data input by the inputting unit; a first setting unit configured to set to print, using a transparent toner, a region which is selected by a user from the plurality of regions recognized by the recognizing unit; a second setting unit configured to set to print, using the transparent toner, the plurality of regions except for a remaining region which is different from the plurality of regions in the image data; and a control unit configured (i) to control to print, using the transparent toner, the region which is selected by the user in a case where a region to be printed using the transparent toner is set by the first setting unit, and (ii) to control to print, using the transparent toner, the plurality of regions except for the remaining region which is different from the plurality of regions in the image data in a case where a region to be printed using the transparent toner is set by the second setting unit.