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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Iko, Yokohama, JP;
Sayaka Harada, Saitama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print control device provides a print control unit that switches, in accordance with a layout of a plurality of images, between printing cutting marks using color inks or transparent ink, and performs printing of images using color inks on a printing paper and then transfers an overcoat onto the printing paper. The print control unit also controls such that in a case of a layout with margin areas for printing the cutting marks on the printing paper, the cutting marks are formed by the color inks, and in a case of a layout with no margin areas for printing the cutting marks, the cutting marks are formed by the overcoat, and forms an overcoat that functions as the cutting marks by changing a pattern of the overcoat in an area in which the cutting mark is to be formed from a pattern of the overcoat in another area.