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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2006
Yuji Bessho, Abiko, JP;
Yuji Bessho, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which improves uneven gloss occurring at the step of fixing a transparent toner is provided with an image bearing member on which a latent image is formed, a transparent toner image forming device for forming a transparent toner image on the image bearing member, a transferring device for transferring the formed transparent toner image onto a recording material, a fixing device for fixing the transferred transparent toner image on the recording material, and a controller for controlling the bearing amount of the transparent toner image formed on the image bearing member, and the controller controls a condition for forming the transparent toner image to change the bearing amount of the transparent toner image in accordance with the fixing temperature of the fixing device.