Patent ID: 8724178
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: B41C,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming unit including an color toner station to form a color toner image using a color toner and a transparent toner station to form a transparent layer using a transparent toner on a sheet of recording media; a sheet conveyance unit to transport the sheet; a 3D display lens forming unit disposed downstream from the image forming unit in a sheet conveyance direction in which the sheet is transported, the 3D display lens forming unit including wherein the 3D display lens forming unit shapes the transparent layer that is an outermost layer on the sheet into a stereoscopic display lens by transferring the surface unevenness of the uneven portion of the shaping member to the transparent layer formed on the sheet, wherein a 3D image mode and an increased gloss mode are selectable as an image formation mode, in the 3D image mode, the 3D display lens forming unit presses the uneven portion of the shaping member against the transparent layer that is the outermost layer on the sheet, and, in the increased gloss mode, the 3D display lens forming unit presses the smooth portion of the shaping member against the transparent layer formed on the sheet.