Image forming apparatus and gloss level control method

Details Image forming apparatus and gloss level control method Image forming apparatus and gloss level control method

2006-08-29

2008-12-30

Chen, Sophia S (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Control of electrophotography process

Control of fixing

C347S156000, C399S069000, C399S081000

Reexamination Certificate

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07471910

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus which can facilitate acquisition of an image output bundle that has a uniform and optimal gloss level as a whole. An image forming apparatus10fixes a toner image on a plurality of sheets. An image ratio calculation unit233calculates a composition ratio of image types in a plurality of pages of image data. A gloss level control unit250provides a control for uniformly fixing toner images formed on the plurality of pages to the plurality of sheets based on the calculation result by the image ratio calculation unit233.

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Machine translation of JP 09-160315 A dated Apr. 30, 2008.

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