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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Ida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 21/04 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/04 (2013.01); G03G 15/6585 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to the invention includes a plurality of image forming units and a changeover unit. The plurality of image forming units form multicolor images on an image carrier by overlapping, on a medium, developer images developed using developers. The changeover unit changes a layer overlapping sequence of the developer images on the medium. The developers include a developer emitting light according to radiation of non-visible light, and the changeover unit changes the layer overlapping sequence of the developer images using the developer emitting the light according to radiation of the non-visible light.