Image forming apparatus and image forming method

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes first and second forming units that form first and second to-be-transferred images and first and second not-to-be-transferred images with first and second toners, respectively, the first toner containing a metal pigment; a transfer body to which the first and second to-be-transferred and not-to-be-transferred images are to be transferred; a transfer member that transfers the first and second to-be-transferred images to a recording medium at a transfer nip between the transfer member and the transfer body; and a removing member that removes, with an electrostatic force, the first and second toners forming the first and second not-to-be-transferred images from the transfer member. In a transfer mode, the first not-to-be-transferred image is transferred to a position that do not overlap the recording medium to be introduced into the transfer nip after the first not-to-be-transferred image when seen in a direction of introduction of the recording medium.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a first forming unit that forms a first to-be-transferred image and a first not-to-be-transferred image with a first toner containing a metal pigment; a second forming unit that forms a second to-be-transferred image and a second not-to-be-transferred image with a second toner that is free of any metal pigment; a transfer body to which the first to-be-transferred image, the first not-to-be-transferred image, the second to-be-transferred image, and the second not-to-be-transferred image are to be transferred; a transfer member that transfers the first to-be-transferred image and the second to-be-transferred image to a recording medium at a transfer nip between the transfer member and the transfer body; and a removing member that removes particles of the first toner forming the first not-to-be-transferred image and particles of the second toner forming the second not-to-be-transferred image that have adhered to the transfer member from the transfer member with an electrostatic force, wherein the image forming apparatus has a transfer mode in which the first not-to-be-transferred image is transferred to a position of the transfer body that is on an outer side of the recording medium to be introduced into the transfer nip after the first not-to-be-transferred image, the position being on the outer side of the recording medium when seen in a direction of introduction of the recording medium into the transfer nip, wherein the position is where the first not-to-be-transferred image contacts the transfer member.