Patent ID: 7430389

Claim:
A glossy image forming system comprising: a color image forming portion including a photosensitive member and a developing device configured to develop an electrostatic image formed on said photosensitive member using color toner, wherein a color toner image on said photosensitive member formed by said developing device is transferred to a sheet; a transparent image forming portion including a photosensitive member and a developing device configured to develop an electrostatic image formed on said photosensitive member using transparent toner, wherein a transparent toner image on said photosensitive member formed by said developing device is transferred to the sheet; and a controller configured to control said transparent image forming portion so that a maximum toner amount per unit area of the transparent toner image is larger than a maximum toner amount of the color toner image to form a glossy image on the sheet, wherein an electrostatic capacity per unit area of said photosensitive member of said transparent image forming portion is larger than an electrostatic capacity per unit area of said photosensitive member of said color image forming portion.