Image forming apparatus and image forming method
US8879977B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 9, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0081
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, a glossiness imparting unit that imparts glossiness to the image formed on the recording medium, and a glossiness reducing unit that reduces the glossiness of at least a part of the image to which the glossiness has been imparted by the glossiness imparting unit.
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