Patent ID: 8390859

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: a first development unit configured to form a first image on a recording medium with a first developer; a second development unit configured to form a second image on the recording medium with at least one of a plurality of second developers that are different from the first developer; and a print control unit configured to select the at least one of the plurality of second developers for forming the second image, wherein the second developers are transparent developers, and the second image is a transparent image, the first developer is color developer, and the first image is a color image, each of the plurality of second developers has a different particle size, the print control unit selects a first one of the plurality of second developers having a first particle size when the recording medium has a first roughness, and the print control unit selects a second one of the plurality of second developers having a second particle size that is larger than the first particle size when the recording medium has a second roughness that is larger than the first roughness.