Patent ID: 7715775
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image glossing apparatus comprising: first and second heating rotating members which contact each other to form a nip portion, a toner image on a recording material being heated in the nip portion, a surface of the second heating rotating member being rougher than a surface of the first heating rotating member; a cooling unit which cools the recording material, moved while contacting the first heating rotating member, before the recording material is separated from the first heating rotating member; and a mode performing unit which performs a high-gloss mode and a low-gloss mode, the recording material is conveyed to and heated by the nip portion such that the toner image contacts the first heating rotating member in the high-gloss mode, and the recording material is conveyed to and heated by the nip portion such that the toner image contacts the second heating rotating member in the low-gloss mode, wherein both a surface roughness Rz