Patent ID: 9459578
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a forming unit configured to form a toner image with a substantially flat toner containing a substantially flat metal pigment on a movable body; a transfer unit configured to form a nip with the movable body and to transfer the toner image onto a medium transported to the nip; and a controller configured to receive data for allowing the forming unit to form the toner image, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to determining that the received data indicates that the forming unit is to form the toner image with the substantially flat toner containing the substantially flat metal pigment, then determine whether at least one of a first condition and a second condition is satisfied, wherein the first condition is whether the received data indicates that an image width of the toner image to be formed with the substantially flat toner containing the substantially flat metal pigment is larger than a predetermined width, wherein the second condition is whether the received data indicates that an area coverage of the toner image to be formed with the substantially flat toner containing the substantially flat metal pigment is higher than a predetermined area coverage, and wherein the controller is configured to, in response to determining that at least one of the first condition and the second condition is satisfied, cause the forming unit to form the toner image with the substantially flat toner containing the substantially flat metal pigment with a corrected area coverage lower than the area coverage indicated by the received data.