摘要 |
PURPOSE:To provide a color image forming method of enabling the formation of an glossy copy image only in the photographic region or the whole face of a document regardless of the quality of transfer material. CONSTITUTION:A color toner image of yellow toner Y, magenta toner M, cyanogen toner C, black toner BK is formed on a photoconductor 30 by developing apparatus 36Y, 36M, 36C, 36BK, and a photographic region and a character region are discriminated by the region discriminating CPU of an image signal processing part. In the photographic region, a transparent toner layer is formed by a developing apparatus 36T so as to obtain a glossy image. In the character region, a transparent toner layer is not formed so as to obtain an unglossy image. A total face glossy mode or a total face unglossy mode is further selected in a control panel so as to enable the total face of the copy image to be glossy or unglossy in this color image forming method. |