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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
May. 08, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Aya Kakishima, Kanagawa, JP;
Miho Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichiro Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaharu Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasumitsu Harashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Toko Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including a first image portion that uses toner including a flat pigment, a second image portion that uses toner that does not include the flat pigment, a fixing portion that fixes an image formed on a recording medium to the recording medium by heat, and a controller that performs a control that switches the fixing portion to a first state in which an amount of heat similar to an amount of heat applied to the image when an image formed by the toner that does not include the flat pigment is fixed to the recording medium is applied to the image, and a second state in which, compared to when the image formed by the toner that does not include the flat pigment is fixed to the recording medium, the amount of heat applied to the image by the fixing portion is large.