Patent ID: 9551948
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a first image forming section configured to use a toner containing a binder resin and flat pigment particles; a second image forming section configured to use a toner containing a binder resin but not containing the flat pigment particles; a transfer section configured to transfer a toner image onto a recording medium; and a fixing section configured to fix the toner image to the recording medium by heating the toner image to soften the binder resin in the toner of the toner image to change a position of the flat pigment particles within the toner, wherein the fixing section is configured to fix an image to the recording medium while transporting the recording medium, wherein the transfer section or the fixing section is configured to, in a case where an image has been formed on the recording medium using the toner containing the flat pigment particles, apply a shearing force in a transport direction of the recording medium to the image, wherein a thickness of the binder resin on the recording medium after fixing by the fixing section is shorter than a length of a major axis of the flat pigment particles, and wherein the transfer section or the fixing section is configured to, in a case where no image has been formed on the recording medium using the toner containing the flat pigment particles, refrain from applying the shearing force in the transport direction of the recording medium to the image.