Image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsAya Kakishima, Miho Ikeda, Takaharu Nakajima, Koichiro Yuasa, Yasumitsu Harashima, Toko Hara
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Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including a first image unit that uses toner which contains a flat pigment, a second image unit that uses toner which does not contain a flat pigment, and a fixing unit that fixes an image which is formed on a recording medium to the recording medium by using heat while transporting the recording medium, wherein the recording medium is transported again to the fixing unit after the image formed on the recording medium by the toner containing the flat pigment is fixed to the recording medium by the fixing unit.
Claims7
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first image unit configured to use toner which contains a flat pigment;
- a second image unit configured to use toner which does not contain a flat pigment;
- and
- a fixing unit configured to fix an image which is formed on a recording medium to the recording medium by using heat while transporting the recording medium,
- wherein the image forming apparatus is configured such that the recording medium is transported again to the fixing unit after an image formed on the recording medium by the toner containing the flat pigment is fixed to the recording medium by the fixing unit.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first image unit configured to use toner which contains a flat pigment;
- a second image unit configured to use toner which does not contain a flat pigment;
- and
- a fixing unit configured to fix an image which is formed on a recording medium to the recording medium by using heat while transporting the recording medium,
- wherein the image forming apparatus is configured such that, in response to an image formed on the recording medium by the toner containing the flat pigment being fixed to the recording medium by the fixing unit, the recording medium is transported again to the fixing unit for secondary fixing, and
- wherein the image forming apparatus is configured such that, in response to an image formed on the recording medium without any toner containing the flat pigment being fixed to the recording medium by the fixing unit, the recording medium is discharged without being transported to the fixing unit again.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.