Patent ID: 8543019

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: non-transparent image forming means for forming a non-transparent toner image with non-transparent toner on a recording material; transparent image forming means for forming a transparent toner image with transparent toner on a part of an image forming area on the recording material on which the non-transparent toner image is formed by said non-transparent image forming means; fixing means for fixing the toner images on the recording material by heating; control means for selectively executing an operation in a first mode in which the non-transparent toner image is formed, then the transparent toner image is formed on the recording material not yet subjected to the heating, then the recording material is subjected to the heating, and then the recording material is outputted, or an operation in a second mode in which the non-transparent toner image is formed, then the transparent toner image is formed on the recording material subjected to the heating, then the recording material is subjected to the heating, and then the recording material is outputted; and storing means for storing selection information to be compared, by said control means, with information relating to a toner amount of the non-transparent toner image to be formed on the recording material in selection of the first mode or the second mode, wherein the selection information indicates which of the first mode or the second mode provides a larger difference in a glossiness of the image fixed on the recording material by said fixing means between when the transparent toner image of a predetermined amount is overlaid on the non-transparent toner image of a amount to be formed on the recording material and when the transparent toner image is not overlaid.