Patent ID: 8086161

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming device configured to form a toner image on a sheet with non-transparent toner and transparent toner; a fixing device configured to fix, on the sheet, the toner image formed by said image forming device; and obtaining means for obtaining a total amount of the non-transparent toner and the transparent toner on a sheet; and control means for controlling, in an operation in a mode in which both of the non-transparent toner and the transparent toner are provided on the sheet, such that only one step of transferring and fixing the transparent toner and the non-transparent toner on the sheet is effected when the total amount of the transparent toner and the non-transparent toner on the sheet is smaller than a predetermined amount, and the step of transferring and fixing the transparent toner and the non-transparent toner on the sheet is effected twice for one sheet using the same fixing device when the total amount of the transparent toner and the non-transparent toner on the sheet is larger than a predetermined amount.