IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

摘要

In accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus forms a metallic toner image with the toner having metallic color tone. The plurality of developing sections includes either or both of a developing section for forming a black toner image with the black toner and a developing section for forming a white toner image with the white toner. The plurality of developing sections is provided with one or more than two developing sections for forming a metallic toner image with the toner having metallic color tone.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of image carriers of which the surfaces are charged to a given potential; a plurality of electrostatic latent image forming sections configured to expose the surfaces of the plurality of image carriers respectively to form electrostatic latent images; a plurality of developing sections configured to form a toner image on each electrostatic latent image formed on the surfaces of the plurality of image carriers; a transfer section configured to transfer all the toner images to a recording medium; and a fixing section configured to fix all the toner images on the recording medium; wherein the plurality of developing sections includes a developing section for forming a black toner image with black toner, a developing section for forming a white toner image with white toner and one or no less than two developing sections for forming a metallic toner image with toner having metallic color tone, the metallic toner image is arranged on an image comprised of the black toner image and the white toner image on the recording medium and the developing section for forming the black toner image and the developing section for forming the white toner image have a function of adjusting percentages of the black toner and the white toner so as to adjust brightness of the image.