Patent Document ID: 20060033962
Application ID: 11067787
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A print control apparatus that generates print image data of a particular color space representing a print object document in the form of a plurality of color components into which the document has been separated by performing predetermined processing of document information of the print object document, in order to print the document with a printer using coloring agents of the plurality of color components, the print control apparatus comprising: an identification image controller that controls identification image data given as data of the particular color space representing an identification image in the form of separated color components, to add the identification image data to the print image data without color space conversion being performed when the printer prints the document in which the identification image is composed, wherein the identification image comprises an embedding image including only one particular color component from among the plurality of color components, and an embedded image including color components from the plurality of color components other than the particular color component, the embedding image and the embedded image are formed to be superposed on each other, and the embedded image is processed in advance so that visual identification of the embedding image is difficult under visible light when the embedding image and the embedded image are printed.