Image forming apparatus and image forming method for forming toner image using image data or predetermined shape

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an acquisition interface configured to acquire image data;
• a developer configured to supply toner to an image carrier to form a toner image of a shape which is pre-determined without regard to the image data;
• and
• a transferring and fixing device configured to transfer at least one toner image according to the image data to an image forming target medium by emitting light corresponding to the image data acquired by the acquisition interface to a region where the image carrier and the image forming target medium are adjacent to each other, and at the same time, fix the toner image according to the image data.

An image forming method comprising:

• acquiring image data;
• supplying toner to an image carrier to form a toner image of a shape which is pre-determined without regard to the image data;
• emitting light that corresponds to the acquired image data;
• and
• melting, by the emitted light, the toner to a region where the image carrier and an image forming target medium are adjacent to each other so as to transfer a toner image according to the image data to the image forming target medium, and at the same time, fix the toner image according to the image data.