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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Yuji Tokushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroo Kitagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Tokushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroo Kitagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing control apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a storing unit, a replacing unit, and a generating unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire apparatus configuration information of a printing apparatus that forms an image based on image data. The storing unit is configured to store therein gloss control plane data in which a type of a surface effect imparted to a recording medium and a control value for specifying an area in the recording medium, to which the surface effect is imparted, are designated. The replacing unit is configured to replace, based on the apparatus configuration information, the type of the surface effect imparted to the recording medium in the gloss control plane data with a predetermined type of a surface effect. The generating unit is configured to generate the image data based on the gloss control plane data subjected to the replacement by the replacing unit.