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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2012
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Koido, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit configured to form a white developer image on a recording medium using a white developer, at least one second image forming unit configured to form at least one single-color developer image on the recording medium using at least one single-color developer other than the white developer, and a fixing unit configured to fix the white developer image and the at least one single-color developer image to the recording medium so as to form a white image and at least one single-color image. The white image may have a haze value that is higher than that of the at least one single-color image. The white developer may have a softening temperature that is higher than that of the at least one single-color developer.