Patent ID: 11971673
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus with a capability of transferring, from a multilayer film including a transfer layer and a supporting layer that supports the transfer layer, the transfer layer onto an image formed on a sheet, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a process unit configured to transfer an image onto a sheet;
a heating unit configured to fix the image transferred at the process unit onto the sheet, and to transfer the transfer layer onto an image formed on a sheet overlaid on the multilayer film; and
a controller unit,
wherein, the controller unit is configured to be capable of operating in:
a first printing mode in which processes of transferring an image at the process unit, fixing the image at the heating unit, and transferring the transfer layer at the heating unit are executed; and
a second printing mode in which processes of transferring an image at the process unit and fixing an image at the heating unit are not executed, and a process of transferring the transfer layer at the heating unit is executed.