Patent ID: 8755729

Claim:
A glossiness processing apparatus for glossiness treatment of an image surface of an image formed on a recording material by applying heat to the image, said glossiness processing apparatus comprising: a first glossiness treatment unit; and a second glossiness treatment unit provided downstream of said first glossiness treatment unit with respect to a feeding direction of the recording material, wherein each of said first and second glossiness treatment units includes: a movable film having a surface in contact with an image surface of the recording material while moving; a heating member contacting another surface of said film, said heating member including a plurality of heat generating elements arranged along a direction substantially perpendicular to a moving direction of said film; and a pressing member cooperating with said heating member to form a nip, with said film therebetween, for nipping and feeding the recording material, wherein the positions of said heat generating elements of said second glossiness treatment unit are offset relative to the positions of said heat generating elements of said first glossiness treatment unit in the direction substantially perpendicular to the moving direction of said film and in the direction substantially perpendicular to the feeding direction of the recording material.