Image forming apparatus with glossy image printing mode

Details Image forming apparatus with glossy image printing mode Image forming apparatus with glossy image printing mode

2011-03-22

2011-03-22

Gray, David M (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Control of electrophotography process

Control of fixing

C399S390000, C399S401000, C399S407000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07912392

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part, a fixer including a heating member and a pressure member, a reverse transport part to forward a recording medium transported from the fixer to the image forming part, a toner image sensor to detect presence of a toner image on the recording medium, and a controller. When a glossy image formation mode is selected and no toner image is detected on the recording medium, the image forming part does not form a toner image on the recording medium, the fixer performs a first heating and pressing process and transports the recording medium to the reverse transport part, the reverse transport part transports the recording medium to the image forming part, the image forming part forms a toner image on the recording medium transported from the reverse transport part, and the fixer performs a second heating and pressing process and fixes the toner image thereon.

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