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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2009
Shigeki Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeki Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer driver in a host computer (PC/WS) instructs an image input/output apparatus to perform clear toner printing in which color-toner data printed by using a plurality of color toners and clear-toner data printed by using a clear toner are printed in a superimposed relation. Upon accepting an instruction for a test print of the clear toner printing, the printer driver defines a first color and a second color, which differ from each other and which are discernible relative to colors designated in the color-toner data, and issues a printing instruction to the image input/output apparatus such that a portion designated in the clear-toner data where the clear toner is coated by the clear toner printing is printed in the first color, and a portion designated in the clear-toner data where the clear toner is not coated by the clear toner printing is printed in the second color.