Patent ID: 7509069

Claim:
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus comprising: a photosensitive medium comprising a surface on which a color-image electrostatic latent image and a transparent-image electrostatic latent image are formed; at least one color developing unit for containing a color glossy toner charged with a polarity and for developing a color image on the surface of the photosensitive medium by applying the color glossy toner to the color-image electrostatic latent image; a transparent developing unit for containing a transparent glossy toner charged with a polarity different from the polarity of the color glossy toner and for developing a transparent image on the surface of the photosensitive medium by applying the transparent glossy toner on an external region of the transparent-image electrostatic latent image; and an intermediate transfer medium on which the color image and the transparent image are sequentially transferred.