Image forming apparatus and gloss control method
US8892019B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00805
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium includes a fixing unit configured to fix on a recording medium, a toner image formed on the recording medium, through heating and pressurization and a gloss control unit configured to lower gloss of a surface of the toner image by charging the surface of the toner image fixed onto the recording medium and heating the toner image such that toner contained in the toner image reaches a softening point or higher thereof.
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