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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2011
Yoshihiro Sonohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Terao, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Sonohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Terao, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system including an image forming device forming on a recording sheet a first chromatic toner image, and a second chromatic toner image having an outermost layer of transparent toner, wherein the transparent toner has lower glass transition temperature than the chromatic toners; a fixing device having a fixing member contacting the recording sheet to heat the toner images to temperature not lower than the glass transition temperature of the chromatic toners so that the toner images are fixed; and a glossing device having a glossing member contacting the recording sheet to heat the toner images to temperature not lower than the glass transition temperature of the transparent toner and lower than the glass transition temperatures of the chromatic toners so that only the transparent toner achieves a rubber state and to cool the heated first and second toner images so that the transparent toner is solidified.