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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicants:
Makoto Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Hiroo Kitagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/407 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/54 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/1872 (2013.01); H04N 1/54 (2013.01); H04N 1/6027 (2013.01);
Abstract
A print control device includes a generating unit configured to generate image data, based on gloss control plane data for specifying a type of a surface effect to be given to a recording medium and specifying a region to which the surface effect is to be given in the recording medium; and an output unit configured to output the image data. The generating unit includes a tone correcting unit configured to perform a tone correction on a region in which the surface effect is designated in the gloss control plane data, the tone correction varying with each type of surface effect.