Patent ID: 9465346
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a plurality of image carriers of which the surfaces are charged to a given potential; a plurality of electrostatic latent image forming sections configured to expose the surfaces of the plurality of image carriers respectively to form electrostatic latent images; a plurality of developing sections configured to form a toner image on each electrostatic latent image formed on the surfaces of the plurality of image carriers; a transfer section configured to sequentially superimpose the plurality of toner images formed by the plurality of developing sections to transfer the toner images to a transfer medium, and transfer all the toner images on the transfer medium to a recording medium; and a fixing section configured to fix all the toner images on the recording medium; wherein the plurality of developing sections include a developing section for forming a black toner image with black toner, a developing section for forming a white toner image with white toner, and one or no less than two developing sections for forming a metallic toner image with toner having metallic color tone, the metallic toner image is arranged on an image comprised of the black toner image and the white toner image on the recording medium, and the developing section for forming the black toner image and the developing section for forming the white toner image have a function of adjusting percentages of the black toner and the white toner so as to adjust brightness of the image.