Patent ID: 7180631

Claim:
A gloss-imparting device for imparting a gloss on a color image, the gloss-imparting device comprising: a transparent toner image-carrying body; a transparent toner image-forming unit; a heating/pressurizing unit; and a cooling/releasing unit, wherein the transparent toner image-carrying body carries a transparent toner image formed of a transparent toner thereon; wherein the transparent toner image-forming unit forms a transparent toner image on the transparent toner image-carrying body; wherein the heating/pressurizing unit heats and pressurizes the transparent toner image and the base material to bring them into contact; wherein the cooling/releasing unit cools the transparent toner image and releases the base material from the transparent toner image-carrying body; and wherein the transparent toner image is transferred and fixed onto the base material by the heating/pressurizing unit.