Patent ID: 9081343
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium, comprising: a fixing device for heating and pressing a toner image transferred on said recording medium; and a glossiness control device arranged downstream of said fixing device in a conveyance direction of said recording medium; said glossiness control device including a plurality of non-contact heating devices arranged downstream of said fixing device in said conveyance direction for heating said toner image without coming into contact with said toner image, and a plurality of pressure contact devices arranged downstream of said non-contact heating device in said conveyance direction and having a smooth surface, wherein each said pressure contact device has a first arrangement state and a second arrangement state which are switched according to a kind of said recording medium, when each said pressure contact device forms said first arrangement state, said pressure contact device is arranged such that said surface makes pressure contact with said toner image, and when each said pressure contact device forms said second arrangement state, said pressure contact device is arranged such that said surface does not make pressure contact with said toner image, and wherein heating conditions of a plurality of said non-contact heating devices for said toner image and pressure contact conditions of a plurality of said pressure contact devices for said toner image are controlled according to a kind of said recording medium or glossiness of said recording medium.