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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2017
Satoru Nagasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Nagasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A post-processing agent application control device includes: a first post-processing agent application amount determination unit configured to determine an amount of a post-processing agent to be applied to an image formed on a recording medium; a first glossiness determination unit configured to determine a first glossiness that is a glossiness of a non-image area of the recording medium in a case where the determined amount of the post-processing agent is applied to the non-image area; and a second post-processing agent application amount determination unit configured to, if glossiness difference between the determined first glossiness and a second glossiness that is a glossiness of the non-image area of the recording medium is applied is larger than the predetermined value, change an amount of the post-processing agent to be applied, in a stepwise manner from an image area to the non-image area.
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