Image forming device and image forming method
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorTetsuya Watanabe
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Abstract
An image forming device includes a first development unit configured to form a first image on a recording medium with a first developer, a second development unit configured to form a second image on the recording medium with at least one of a plurality of second developers that are different from the first developer, and a print control unit configured to select the at least one of the plurality of second developers for forming the second image. The second developers are transparent developers, and the second image is a transparent image
Claims20
An image forming device comprising:
- a first development unit configured to form a first image on a recording medium with a first developer;
- a second development unit configured to form a second image on the recording medium with at least one of a plurality of second developers that are different from the first developer;
- and
- a print control unit configured to select the at least one of the plurality of second developers for forming the second image, wherein
- the second developers are transparent developers, and the second image is a transparent image.
An image forming method, comprising:
- selecting a recording medium for receiving a first image made with a first developer;
- selecting a second developer for forming a second image from a plurality of possible second developers based on a surface characteristic of the recording medium;
- determining whether or not a base part of the second image is formed below the first image;
- forming the second image on the recording medium as a base layer when it is determined that the base part of the second image is to be formed below the first image;
- forming the first image over the recording medium after forming the second image as a base layer.
An image forming method, comprising:
- selecting a recording medium for receiving a first image made with a first developer based on input date;
- selecting a second developer for forming a second image from among a plurality of possible second developers based on a surface characteristic of the recording medium;
- forming the first image on the recording medium;
- determining whether or not the second image is formed over the first image based on print data;
- and
- forming the second image on the first image when it is determined that the second image is formed over the first image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.