JP2009033437A5

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Info

Publication number: JP2009033437A5
Application number: JP2007194781A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2007-07-26
Publication date: 2010-09-02
Anticipated expiration: 2027-07-26

Claims

Creating means for creating image data to be printed using at least four color recording agents of cyan, magenta, yellow and black;
Create a pattern to be printed using the special printing material other than the recording material of the four colors, and a storage means for storing,
Selecting means for selecting a pattern stored by the storing means;
A generating unit that binarizes the pattern selected by the selecting unit and generates position information indicating a position where printing is performed using the special recording agent ;
The position information generated by the generating means, the accompanying means for attaching to the image data as attribute information of the image data ;
The image processing apparatus characterized in that the the position indicated by the position information accompanied by attendant means, the output of the pattern to be printed using the special printing material.

A display unit configured to display information on the pattern stored by the storage unit, wherein the selection unit selects a pattern to be output using the special recording agent from the information displayed by the display unit; The image processing apparatus according to claim 1.

When outputting the image data generated by the generating means using the recording materials of the four colors, does the selecting means perform the output using the special recording agent on the entire surface on which the output is performed? The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein whether to output using a special recording material is selected only at a position indicated by the position information with respect to a sheet on which the output is performed.

When the selection unit selects a pattern to be output using the special recording agent, the pattern to be output using the special recording agent and the image data to be output using the four color recording agents are overlapped. Display means for displaying on the screen,
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when displaying by the display unit, a portion corresponding to a pattern to be output using the special recording agent is displayed with a border.

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the special recording agent is a transparent recording agent .

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects a color of the special recording agent .

When a plurality of patterns are selected by the selection means and the color of each special recording agent used when outputting the plurality of patterns is designated, each color is output using the designated special recording agent. when the pattern overlap, according to the priority of the special printing material, according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls so as not to overlap the pattern to be output using the special printing material to the color of the each of the specified Image processing device.

Image processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by comprising determination means for determining the priority of the special printing material.

In the preview means for previewing the result of printing the pattern selected by the selection means, and in the preview means, when a transparent recording agent is used as the special recording agent , the pattern is expressed as a border and used as a special recording agent. 2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a recording agent other than the above is used , a pattern is previewed with the color of the special recording agent .

A creation step for creating image data to be printed using at least four color recording agents of cyan, magenta, yellow and black;
A selecting step of creating the pattern to be printed using the special printing material other than the recording material of the four colors, and a storage step of storing, selecting a stored pattern by said storing step,
A generation step of binarizing the pattern selected in the selection step to generate position information indicating a position where printing is performed using the special recording agent ;
The positional information generated by the generating step, the accompanying step accompanying the image data as attribute information of the image data ,
The image processing apparatus characterized in that the the position indicated in the accompanying location information by concomitant step, the output of the pattern to be printed using the special printing material.

The display unit displays information on the pattern stored in the storage step, and the selection step selects a pattern to be output using the special recording agent from the information displayed by the display unit. The image processing method according to claim 10.

When the image data generated in the generation step is output using the recording materials of the four colors, whether the selection step performs output using a special recording agent on the entire surface on which the output is performed. 11. The image processing method according to claim 10, further comprising: selecting whether to output using a special recording agent only at a position indicated by the position information with respect to a sheet on which the output is performed.

When the pattern to be output using the special recording agent is selected in the selection step, the pattern to be output using the special recording agent and the image data to be output using the four color recording agents are overlapped. Display means for displaying on the screen,
11. The image processing method according to claim 10, wherein when displaying by the display means, a portion corresponding to a pattern to be output using the special recording agent is displayed with a border.

Image processing method according to claim 10 which is characterized in that the special printing material is a transparent recording agent.

The image processing method according to claim 10 , wherein in the selection step , a color of the special recording agent is selected.

When selecting a plurality of patterns in the selection step and designating the color of each special recording agent to be used when outputting the plurality of patterns, the special recording agent in which each color is designated is used. claim when overlapping pattern is outputted according to the priority order of the special printing material, characterized by controlling so as not to overlap the pattern to be output using the special printing material to the color of the each of the specified Te The image processing method according to 10 .

Image processing method according to claim 10, characterized by comprising a priority determination step of determining a priority of the special printing material.

Review means for previewing the result of printing the pattern selected in the selection step;
In the preview means, when a transparent recording agent is used as the special recording agent, the pattern is expressed with a border, and when other recording agents are used as the special recording agent, the pattern is previewed with the color of the special recording agent. The image processing method according to claim 10.