摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus that can bring a pigment in a flat shape (flat pigment) constituting an image into an attitude in which a flat surface of the pigment can be arranged along a page space of a recording medium. ! SOLUTION: When received an image formation command to provide metallic glossiness to an image, a control unit 70 controls a fixing device 40 to increase the quantity of heat to be applied to a toner image from a pressure roll 150 during fixation compared with the case where the control unit 70 has received an image formation command not to provide metallic glossiness to an image. With this configuration, a pigment 110 is brought into an attitude in which a reflection surface 110A of the pigment 110 is arranged along a sheet surface of a sheet member P. ! COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT |