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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toko Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaharu Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Miho Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Aya Kakishima, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichiro Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasumitsu Harashima, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an endless transfer member, a first transfer section, a second transfer section, and a medium transfer section. An image is transferred to the transfer member during circulation of the transfer member. The first transfer section forms an image using a toner containing flat metallic pigment particles, and transfers the formed image to the transfer member through a transfer current. The second transfer section forms an image using a toner not containing flat metallic pigment particles, and transfers the formed image to the transfer member through a transfer current. The second transfer section is disposed upstream of the first transfer section in a circulation direction of the transfer member. The medium transfer section transfers the image transferred to the transfer member to a recording medium through a transfer current. The transfer current for the first transfer section is smaller than that for the second transfer section.