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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Osamu Ide, Minamiashigara, JP;
Makoto Niikura, Ninomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 45 ; 399298 ; 430 42 ; 430 45 ;
Abstract
An image forming method for forming a color image having a high glossiness without deteriorating graininess, color reproducibility, and offset resistance utilizes a transparent toner in addition to color toners and varies an amount of developed transparent toner based on the surface roughness of a transfer material such as an average surface roughness obtained from ten values. It is preferable to control the amount of developed transparent toner so that the amount of developed transparent toner M, the surface roughness Rz and specific gravity W of the transparent toner satisfy the following equation: