Patent ID: 7620355

Claim:
A glossiness processing apparatus, comprising: a first heating portion configured to heat a sheet with a toner image transferred on the sheet; a second heating portion configured to heat the sheet which is heated in the first heating portion; a first conveying path configured to guide the sheet which is heated in the first heating portion to the second heating portion; and a second conveying path configured to guide the sheet from the second heating portion downstream, wherein the first conveying path, the second heating portion, and the second conveying path are arranged from above downward in order of mention, the second conveying path has a curved guide surface and the second conveying path ends at a position below the second heating portion, and when the sheet which is heated in the second heating portion is guided by the second conveying path, the sheet is guided so that a surface opposite to a surface on which the toner image is transferred moves along the curved guide surface.