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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2012
Image glossing apparatus, image glossing method, and recording medium storing image glossing program
Yoichi Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Terao, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Sonohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Terao, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Sonohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image glossing apparatus including a recording sheet feeder feeding a recording sheet bearing a toner image; a glossing device including a heater heating a glossing portion of the toner image to gloss the portion; a glossiness information obtaining device obtaining position information on the position of the glossing portion; and a position detector including a tip detector detecting tip of the fed recording sheet, and a distance measuring device measuring the moving distance of the recording sheet after the tip of the recording sheet is detected. The position detector detects the position of a portion of the recording sheet facing the heater based on the information on the tip of the recording sheet and the information on the moving distance of the recording sheet. When the portion of the recording sheet facing the heater is the glossing portion, the heater heats the portion to gloss the glossing portion.