Patent ID: 8804194
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G03G,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit which forms an image constituted of a color toner image and a clear toner image on a sheet, the image forming unit including: a storage unit which stores a predetermined target value for glossiness; an image processing unit which (i) calculates a summed height of the color toner image formed on the sheet by summing up a height of the color toner image on the basis of input image data, (ii) calculates, on the basis of the target value for glossiness stored in the storage unit, a target total height of the color toner image and the clear toner image to realize the target value for glossiness, and (iii) calculates a height of the clear toner image by subtracting the summed height of the color toner image from the target total height of the color toner image and the clear toner image; and a control unit which adjusts, on the basis of the calculated height of the clear toner image, the height of the clear toner image formed on the sheet by the image forming unit.