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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
May. 07, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Aya Kakishima, Kanagawa, JP;
Miho Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaharu Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasumitsu Harashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichiro Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Toko Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including a first image unit that uses toner which contains a flat pigment, a second image unit that uses toner which does not contain a flat pigment, and a fixing unit that includes a heating member which contacts with one surface of a recording medium where an image is formed to heat the image and a contact member that contacts with the other surface of the recording medium, and fixes the image to the recording medium, wherein an amount of heat that is applied to the image from the contact member is larger when the image formed by the toner containing the flat pigment is fixed to the recording medium than when the image formed by the toner not containing the flat pigment is fixed to the recording medium.