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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2018
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an acquisition interface, a developer, and a transferring and fixing device. The acquisition interface acquires image data. The developer supplies toner to an image carrier to form any one of a toner image according to the image data and a toner image of a certain shape pre-determined regardless of the image data. The transferring and fixing device forms an image represented by the image data on an image forming target medium by irradiating a surface of the medium having another surface adjacent to the toner image with light having at least a certain value of a transmittance with respect to the medium to transfer and simultaneously fix some or all of the toner image on the other surface of the medium by the light that is transmitted through the surface of the medium. The toner is melted by the light.