Patent ID: 7880929

Claim:
An image data conversion apparatus capable of receiving image data for a first image, converting the image data into ink quantity data that corresponds to the quantities of a plurality of types of ink that may be used for printing the first image, the image data conversion apparatus comprising: an embedded image acquisition section that is capable of acquiring a second image that is to be embedded into the first image; an embedment area acquisition section that is capable of receiving a determination indicating the location of an embedment area where the second image will be embedded in the first image; an ink quantity memory section that is capable of storing a first set of ink quantity data that represents a plurality of types of ink and associated quantities that may be used to print an image along with a second set of ink quantity data that comprises a second set of ink and associated quantities that may be substituted for the first set of ink quantities; and an ink amount data conversion section that is capable of converting the image data into converted ink quantity data corresponding to the image data, such that the second image embedded in the embedment area can be observed by making a differentiation between a portion of the first image where the first set of ink is used and another portion of the first image where the second set of ink is used.