Patent ID: 7236734

Claim:
A method of forming a multi-color image on a receiver comprising: forming a multi-color toner image, on a receiver, with toners of at least three different colors of toner pigments which form various combinations of color at different pixel locations on the receiver to form the multi-color toner image thereon; forming a clear toner overcoat upon the multi-color toner image, the clear toner overcoat being deposited as an inverse mask; pre-fusing the multi-color toner image and clear toner overcoat to the receiver to at least tack the toners forming the multi-color toner image and the clear toner overcoat; and fusing the clear toner overcoat and the multi-color toner image using a belt fuser to fix the clear toner overcoat to the receiver and/or provide an improved gloss to the multi-color toner image.