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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an intermediate transfer body; a toner image forming portion configured to form a toner image corresponding to image data and to transfer the toner image to the intermediate transfer body; a pressing and heating portion configured to form a toner film by heating the toner image carried on the intermediate transfer body to a toner softening temperature or more in a pressurized condition; a pressing and cooling portion configured to cool down the toner film formed by the pressing and heating portion to a toner glass transition temperature or less in a pressurized condition; an adhesive layer forming portion configured to form an adhesive layer, adhering the toner film to a recording medium, on at least one of the toner film cooled down by the pressing and cooling portion and the recording medium; and a pressing portion configured to adhere the toner film to the recording medium by pressing the toner film, the adhesive layer and the recording medium in a body at a temperature of a toner glass transition temperature or less after forming the adhesive layer by the adhesive layer forming portion. |
