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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2008
Hiroshi Nou, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Iwaishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhiro Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunihiko Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Nou, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Iwaishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhiro Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunihiko Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that includes an image forming component, a flash fixing component and a control component is provided. The image forming component forms toner images using at least two toners respectively having different colors and transfers the formed toner images onto a recording medium. The flash fixing component emits a flash light onto the recording medium onto which the toner images have been transferred by the image forming component and fixes the toner images. The control component that controls the image forming component to form the toner images so that, among the toner images, a second color toner is adhered to a surface of a toner layer formed by a first toner color at a region at which the toner layer formed by the first toner color is formed, the absorbance of the second color toner being lower than that of the first color toner.