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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2007
Applicant:
Nobuyuki Koinuma, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuyuki Koinuma, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a correction unit. The image forming unit superimposes toner images of a plurality of colors, one over the other, on a recording medium to form a composite color toner image thereon. The correction unit corrects an image condition of the toner images of the plurality of colors when the composite color toner image is formed on a transparent portion of the recording medium so as to be visible from a side opposite a side on which the composite color toner image is formed.