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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2011
Michiyo Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Nagase, Tokyo, JP;
Asao Matsushima, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuko Uchino, Tokyo, JP;
Aya Shirai, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Hiramoto, Tokyo, JP;
Michiyo Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Nagase, Tokyo, JP;
Asao Matsushima, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuko Uchino, Tokyo, JP;
Aya Shirai, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Hiramoto, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are an image forming method by which an image in which arbitrary glossiness is adjusted to any section is formed, and an image forming apparatus thereof. It is a feature that an image forming method possesses the steps of forming a gloss adjusting layer possessing a gloss adjusting toner-fixed image formed with a gloss adjusting toner, on an image support, and forming a toner-fixed image obtained from a toner, on the gloss adjusting layer, wherein the gloss adjusting layer possesses an aggregate of gloss adjusting units; the gloss adjusting units each possess a section where the gloss adjusting toner is attached and another section where the gloss adjusting toner is unattached; and a borderline between the section and the another section is a straight line.