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Image forming apparatus and image forming method

US8879977B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 9, 2012
Grant dateNov 4, 2014
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Expiry dateJan 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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