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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Motohide Shiozawa, Abiko, JP;
Jiro Ishiduka, Moriya, JP;
Motohide Shiozawa, Abiko, JP;
Jiro Ishiduka, Moriya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system includes image forming means for forming toner images on toner receiving resin layers of respective sides of a recording material; fixing means for heat fixing the toner images on the recording material in a fixing nip; and smoothing means for smoothing the toner receiving resin layers of the recording material having the toner images formed by the fixing means; wherein the system is operable in an image formation mode in which the toner images formed on the respective sides of the recording material are fixed by the fixing means sequentially, and then the toner receiving resin layers of the recording material are smoothed by the smoothing means sequentially.