Patent ID: 8983355
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier that carries a first toner image; a transfer unit that transfers the first toner image on the image carrier onto a recording medium directly or through an intermediate transfer body; a fixing unit that fixes the first toner image that has been transferred onto the recording medium; and a glossiness-controlling unit that forms a second toner image made of clear toner on the recording medium in accordance with an amount of toner that forms the first toner image to be transferred onto the recording medium, thereby controlling a glossiness on a surface of the recording medium that has been subjected to the fixing performed by the fixing unit, wherein the clear toner comprises a crystalline polymer, wherein the glossiness-controlling unit uses two types of clear toners, including a first clear toner to form an image that has a high glossiness and a second clear toner to form an image that has a low glossiness, the low glossiness being of a lower glossiness than the high glossiness of the image formed using the first clear toner, and wherein the first clear toner has an amount in weight percent of crystalline polymer that is more than that of the second clear toner.