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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2011
Masakazu Terao, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentarou Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akio Tsujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Lio, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiro Shinohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Terao, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentarou Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akio Tsujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Lio, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiro Shinohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a color toner image forming unit that forms a color toner image on a recording medium; a first colorless transparent toner image forming unit that forms a first colorless transparent toner image on the color toner image; a first fixing unit that fixes the image on the recording medium; a gloss level increasing device that increases a gloss level of the entire image on the recording medium that has been fixed; a second colorless transparent toner image forming unit that forms a second colorless transparent toner image on the image whose gloss level has been increased; and a second fixing unit that fixes the second colorless transparent toner image on the recording medium.