Patent ID: 8655206

Claim:
An image forming apparatus which transfers clear toner and at least one of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black color toner onto a recording medium to form an image based on image information and image classification information, the apparatus comprising: a clear priority determiner configured to determine a clear priority based on the image classification information; a toner adherence amount determiner configured to determine amounts of the color toners and the clear toner to be adhered to the recording medium based on the image information and the clear priority; and a toner transferer configured to transfer the color toners and the clear toner onto the recording medium in amounts determined by the toner adherence amount determiner, wherein the toner adherence amount determiner determines the amounts of the color toners and the clear toner to be adhered to the recording medium based on the clear priority determined by the clear priority determiner and a regulated value which is a predetermined maximum total adherence amount of the color toners and the clear toner.