Patent ID: 7873313
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming component that forms toner images using at least two toners respectively having different colors and transfers the formed toner images onto a recording medium; a flash fixing component that emits a flash light onto the recording medium onto which the toner images have been transferred by the image forming component and fixes the toner images; and a control component that controls the image forming component to form the toner images so that, among the toner images, a second color toner is adhered to a surface of a toner layer formed by a first toner color at a region at which the toner layer formed by the first toner color is formed, the absorbance of the second color toner being lower than that of the first color toner, wherein the control component is configured to control the adhering of the second color toner at the region on the basis that the density of the toner layer where the first color toner is formed exceeds a predetermined value or on the basis that the area of continuous coverage of the first color toner in the region exceeds a predetermined area, wherein the control component controls the image forming component to form the toner images such that, on the toner images, the second color toner is adhered to the surface of the toner layer only at a portion having an area that is continuous by at least a predetermined length in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting with the first direction in the region at which the toner layer formed by the first color toner is formed.