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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1997
Osamu Ide, Minami-Ashigara, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of forming a multi-color image is provided with which a high quality image having appropriate glossiness, satisfactory graininess, excellent color tone quality and smooth characteristic, similarly to that obtainable by printing or silver salt photography, can be formed uniformly on a transfer member by an electrophotographic method regardless of the type of the image. A method of forming a multi-color image in which a plurality of color toner layers are fixed onto a transfer member as images, having the step of: fixing a transparent toner layer to at least non-image portions, wherein mean surface roughness (Ra) of a fixed layer is 0.0<Ra<1.5 .mu.m and/or maximum surface roughness (Rmax) is 0.0<RMax<10 .mu.m.