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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2008
Kei Yasutomi, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Saitoh, Komae, JP;
Takeo Tsukamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiro Aoki, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuaki Miyawaki, Yokohama, JP;
Eisaku Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Yasutomi, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Saitoh, Komae, JP;
Takeo Tsukamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiro Aoki, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuaki Miyawaki, Yokohama, JP;
Eisaku Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit and a re-heating unit. The fixing unit fixes a toner image on a recording medium by applying heat to the toner image with a first glossiness level. The re-heating unit re-heats the toner image, fixed on the recording medium by the fixing unit, to set a second glossiness level lower than the first glossiness level.