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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2018
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Tominaga, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit that forms an image by using first toner; a second image forming unit that forms an image by using another kind of toner different from the first toner; a transfer unit that transfers the images formed by the first image forming unit and the second image forming unit onto an intermediate transfer body and then onto a recording medium; and a setting unit that sets an order of the images that are transferred onto the intermediate transfer body so that the image formed from the other kind of toner is transferred onto an independent image formed from the first toner transferred onto the intermediate transfer body in a case where the independent image formed from the first toner is to be formed on the recording medium.