Patent ID: 8649696

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a color toner image forming portion configured to form a color toner image on a sheet using color toner; a transparent toner image forming portion configured to form a transparent toner image on the sheet using transparent toner which has, within a heating temperature range usable in said apparatus, a melt viscosity higher than that of the color toner; a fixing portion configured to fix a toner image formed on the sheet by said color toner image forming portion and said transparent toner image forming portion by heat and pressure; an obtaining portion configured to obtain information relating to a designated area of the color toner image and whether a glossiness of the designated area is to be partly increased or partly decreased using the transparent toner; and a controlling portion configured to control said transparent toner image forming portion based on the obtained information by said obtaining portion, wherein when the glossiness of the designated area is to be partly increased based on the obtained information, the transparent toner image is positioned directly on a surface of the sheet and the color toner image is positioned on the transparent toner image, in the designated area, due to control by said controlling portion, and wherein when the glossiness of the designated area is to be partly decreased based on the obtained information, the transparent toner image is positioned on the color toner image formed on the surface of the sheet, in the designated area, due to control by said controlling portion.