Image forming method and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsYohhei WATANABE, Kenji ISHII, Kaori HEMMI
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Abstract
An image forming method to be performed by an image forming apparatus includes forming, transferring, fixing, and drying. The forming forms a foil portion to which foil is adhered on one surface of a recording medium. The transferring transfers an image to the one surface of the recording medium after the forming of the foil portion. The fixing fixes the image transferred to the one surface of the recording medium by the transferring of the image, to form a foil image portion including the foil portion and the image on the recording medium. The drying dries the recording medium on which the foil portion is formed, between the forming of the foil portion and the transferring of the image.
Claims10
An image forming method to be performed by an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- forming a foil portion to which foil is adhered on one surface of a recording medium;
- transferring an image to the one surface of the recording medium after the forming of the foil portion;
- fixing the image transferred to the one surface of the recording medium by the transferring of the image, to form a foil image portion including the foil portion and the image on the recording medium;
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- drying the recording medium on which the foil portion is formed, between the forming of the foil portion and the transferring of the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.