An information processing apparatus sets a color mode in place of a monochrome mode on condition that the monochrome mode and multiplexing of additional information on a print target image are set as print settings based on an input image data; generates, based on the input image data, color image data corresponding to printing in a color mode which represents a color of the monochromated print target image by a value of a color signal; performs, for the color image data generated by the generation unit, processing for multiplexing the additional information on the print target image; and causes a printing apparatus to print, in the color mode, a multiplexed image on which the additional information is multiplexed.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus capable of combining a group element so that a color intended by a user is output ultimately even in the case where flattening is performed on the way of the processing performed on the group.

An apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether rendering positions of two pieces of rendering data, each representing a semitransparent state by including pixels that are to be rendered by a rendering unit and pixels that are not to be rendered, overlap, and a control unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the rendering positions of the two pieces of rendering data overlap, perform control such that one of the two pieces of rendering data is not rendered by the rendering unit. Based on the level of the overlap between a plurality of semitransparent objects, the apparatus converts each hatch pattern so that image quality deterioration does not occur.

A method is disclosed. The method includes detecting an object within Advanced Presentation Document (AFP) print data and inserting a Metadata Object Content Architecture 2.0 (MOCA-2) object into the AFP print data to associate contextual information with a component of data within the object.

A negotiable instrument such as a check includes a unique microprint identifier that allows for authentication while preventing unauthorized reproduction and alternation. A printing system generates the identifier after receiving a customer order for printing a plurality of negotiable instruments, to allow inclusion of information that is specific to the customer order and/or the printing process. In various embodiments, the identifier is unique to each or each subset of the plurality of negotiable instruments and facilitates authentication of each of the negotiable instruments when needed.

A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium for printing a receipt. Receipt data may be generated at a point-of-sale terminal. At least one value adding message including a graphical image may be automatically selected and dynamic content for the value adding message may be automatically generated. A receipt may be printed by a point-of-sale printer, the receipt including the receipt data, the graphical image, and the dynamic content, wherein the dynamic content is printed in a window embedded within the graphic image.

A print control apparatus includes a setting unit. The setting unit selects one or more statuses to be obtained among statuses indicating states of as image output apparatus, in accordance with content displayed on a display that displays the selected statuses. The setting unit sets a polling interval at which polling is performed to obtain the selected statuses, in accordance with a frequency of change of the selected statuses. The setting unit sets the number of parallel processes in accordance with the number of selected statuses.

To make is possible to perform image processing optimum for character outputting also for a character that is drawn in the form of path (graphics attribute). An image processing apparatus that converts drawing data generated by an application into print data in a form that can be output by a printing apparatus, and the image processing apparatus includes: a determination unit configured to determine a drawing element that is a drawing element with the graphics attribute and which corresponds to a character the drawing of which is specified by path coordinates among drawing elements included in the drawing data; and an image processing unit configured to generate the print data by performing predetermined image processing for the drawing element included in the drawing data, and to perform image processing suitable to a drawing element with the text attribute for the drawing element with the graphics attribute determined to be the drawing element corresponding to a character by the determination unit.

An image processing apparatus includes: a generation unit configured to generate printing data to cause a printing apparatus to apply an ink based on data of an image, the printing apparatus printing the image on a printing medium by using a fluorescent ink including a fluorescent component, a color ink, and a clear ink; and an output unit configured to output the printing data, in which the generation unit generates the printing data to cause the printing apparatus to apply the clear ink so as to reduce a difference between a degree of change in brightness depending on an observation angle in a region to which the fluorescent ink is applied and a degree of change in brightness depending on the observation angle in a region to which the color ink is applied.

In the case where an original document is edited, tints may be different at the time of printing because the attributes of drawings are different although they resemble each other. A specifying unit configured to specify contents of editing for an original document and a determination unit configured to determine a form of representation of the specified contents of editing so as to conform with the form of representation of an object in the original document are provided.