Patent ID: 8554092

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming portion configured to (i) form a color toner image on a recording material using color toner and (ii) form a transparent toner image on the recording material using transparent toner to partly and relatively increase the glossiness of the color toner image; a fixing portion configured to fix the color toner image and the transparent toner image to the recording material; and a controlling portion configured to control a toner amount per unit area of the transparent toner image to be formed on the recording material on the basis of a toner amount per unit area of the color toner image to be formed in an adjacent region adjacent to a region in which the transparent toner image is to be formed, wherein said controlling portion sets the toner amount per unit area of the transparent toner image to a first value when the toner amount per unit area of the color toner image in the adjacent region is smaller than a predetermined value, and sets the toner amount per unit area of the transparent toner image to a second value which is larger than the first value when the toner amount per unit area of the color toner image in the adjacent region is larger than the predetermined value.