Electrophotography – Image formation – Fixing
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-22
2011-12-27
Gray, David (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Image formation
Fixing
Reexamination Certificate
active
08086161
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming unit for effecting an image forming operation to form toner image on a recording material, wherein the toner image comprises chromatic toner image components with different colors and a transparent toner image component overlaid thereon; a fixing unit for effecting a fixing operation to heat and fix the toner image on the recording material; a switching unit for switching, in accordance with information relating to a maximum toner amount per unit area in a zone in which the transparent toner component is present, operations to a mode in which the formation of the toner image is effected through a plurality of such image forming operations, and the fixing of the toner image is effected through a plurality of such fixing operations.
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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Fitzpatrick ,Cella, Harper & Scinto
Gray David
Lactaoen Billy J
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