Patent ID: 8036584

Claim:
An image forming system comprising: image forming device configured to form toner images on toner receiving resin layers of respective sides of a recording material; a fixing device configured to heat-fix the toner images on the recording material in a fixing nip; and a smoothing device configured to smooth the toner receiving resin layers of the recording material having the toner images formed by said fixing means; wherein said system is operable in an image formation mode in which the toner images formed on the respective sides of the recording material are fixed by said fixing device sequentially, and then the toner receiving resin layers of the recording material are smoothed by said smoothing device sequentially, and wherein said smoothing device includes a first rotatable member and a second rotatable member configured to form a nip for heating and pressing the toner receiving resin layer, and further includes a cooling device configured to cool the recording material moving in close contact to said first rotatable member at the toner receiving resin layer, before the recording material is separated from said first rotatable member; and a heating device configured to heat the recording material after the toner receiving resin layer is smoothed at one side of the recording material and before the toner receiving resin layer of the other side of the recording material is smoothed.