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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Ogihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuji Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuichi Nishide, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, a glossiness imparting unit that imparts glossiness to the image formed on the recording medium, and a glossiness reducing unit that reduces the glossiness of at least a part of the image to which the glossiness has been imparted by the glossiness imparting unit.