Image glossing apparatus, image glossing method, and recording medium storing image glossing program

摘要

An image glossing apparatus including a recording sheet feeder feeding a recording sheet bearing a toner image; a glossing device including a heater heating a glossing portion of the toner image to gloss the portion; a glossiness information obtaining device obtaining position information on the position of the glossing portion; and a position detector including a tip detector detecting tip of the fed recording sheet, and a distance measuring device measuring the moving distance of the recording sheet after the tip of the recording sheet is detected. The position detector detects the position of a portion of the recording sheet facing the heater based on the information on the tip of the recording sheet and the information on the moving distance of the recording sheet. When the portion of the recording sheet facing the heater is the glossing portion, the heater heats the portion to gloss the glossing portion.

主权项

1. An image glossing apparatus to gloss at least part of a fixed toner image on a surface of a recording sheet, comprising:
a recording sheet feeder to feed the recording sheet bearing the fixed toner image in a predetermined direction; a glossing device including a heater to heat a glossing portion of the fixed toner image on the recording sheet to gloss the glossing portion of the fixed toner image; a glossiness information obtaining device to obtain glossiness information including position information on position of the glossing portion on the recording sheet; and a position detector including: a tip detector to detect a tip of the recording sheet fed by the recording sheet feeder; and a distance measuring device to measure a moving distance of the recording sheet fed by the recording sheet feeder after the tip detector detects the tip of the recording sheet, the distance measuring device including a rotor rotated by the recording sheet, which is fed by the recording sheet feeder, and the distance measuring device determines the moving distance of the recording sheet from a moving distance of a periphery of the rotor, wherein the position detector detects position of a portion of the recording sheet facing the heater based on information on the tip of the recording sheet obtained by the tip detector and information on the moving distance of the recording sheet obtained by the distance measuring device, and wherein when the portion of the recording sheet facing the heater is the glossing portion, the heater heats the portion to gloss the portion.