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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Hideki Kimura, Ebina, JP;
Tomoshi Hara, Ebina, JP;
Masahiko Kubo, Ebina, JP;
Toshihiro Matsumoto, Ebina, JP;
Nobukazu Takahashi, Ebina, JP;
Hideki Kimura, Ebina, JP;
Tomoshi Hara, Ebina, JP;
Masahiko Kubo, Ebina, JP;
Toshihiro Matsumoto, Ebina, JP;
Nobukazu Takahashi, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided and includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on an image carrier with a transparent material and a coloring material; a controller that controls an order of an image forming with the transparent material and an image forming with the coloring material to be different between in an image portion and in a non-image portion in an image forming region on the image carrier; and a transferring unit that transfers the image formed on the image carrier onto a recording medium.