Patent ID: 8625155

Claim:
An image forming system comprising: an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording material using a color toner and a transparent toner; a fixing device configured to fix the image formed by said image forming device onto the recording material; a glossing device configured to increase a gloss of the image fixed on the recording material, said glossing device including an endless belt configured to convey the recording material so as to contact with the image fixed on the recording material, a heating device configured to heat the image on the recording material contacted with said endless belt and a cooling device configured to cool the image on the recording material heated by said heating device before the recording material is separated from said endless belt; a controller which selectively executes a first image forming mode in which the image is formed using said fixing device and said glossing device and a second image forming mode in which the image is formed using said fixing device without using said glossing device, and controls said image forming device so that a maximum amount of the transparent toner per unit area on the recording material in the first image forming mode is smaller than the maximum amount of the transparent toner per unit area on the recording material in the second image forming mode.