Patent ID: 8391733

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for generating image data to be sent to an image forming portion for forming a transparent image, wherein a transparent toner is placed on at least a part of a sheet on which an image is to be formed, said image processing apparatus comprising: sheet information obtaining means for obtaining information corresponding to glossiness at a surface of the sheet on which the image is to be formed; area information obtaining means for obtaining information indicating an area in which the glossiness is to be lowered partly and relatively with respect to the sheet on which the image is to be formed; and image data generating means for generating, when the glossiness at the surface of the sheet is less than predetermined glossiness on the basis of the information obtained by said sheet information obtaining means, the image data to be sent to the image forming portion such that the transparent image is formed in an image formable area except for the area obtained by said area information obtaining means.