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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yu Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0126 (2013.01); G03G 15/205 (2013.01); G03G 15/6585 (2013.01); G03G 15/0105 (2013.01); G03G 15/0189 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit that forms a transparent toner image by using a transparent toner, a second image forming unit that forms a metal-colored toner image by using a metal-colored toner containing a flat metallic pigment, and a fixing device that fixes a toner image to a recording medium as a result of a heating member contacting and heating the toner image. The image forming apparatus has a mode in which the transparent toner image is superimposed upon the metal-colored toner image, and the toner images are fixed by the fixing device.