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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2013
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yasumitsu Harashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Toko Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Kiuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Miho Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaharu Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichiro Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming section that uses a toner containing flat pigment particles; a second image forming section that uses a toner not containing the flat pigment particles; and a fixing section that fixes an image formed on a recording medium to the recording medium using heat. The quantity of heat that the fixing section applies to the image is increased in the case where the image formed on the recording medium using the toner containing the flat pigment particles is to be fixed compared to a case where the image formed on the recording medium using the toner not containing the flat pigment particles is to be fixed.