EP 3109705 A1 20161228 - IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD INCLUDING DECORATIVE TONER
Title (en)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD INCLUDING DECORATIVE TONER
Title (de)
BILDERZEUGUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND BILDERZEUGUNGSVERFAHREN MIT DEKORATIVEM TONER
Title (fr)
APPAREIL DE FORMATION D'IMAGE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FORMATION D'IMAGE COMPRENANT UN TONER DÉCORATIF
Publication
Application
Priority
US 201514749566 A 20150624
Abstract (en)
An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first developing unit that supplies color toner to form a color toner image on a first photoreceptor. A second developing unit supplies decorative toner to form a decorative toner image on a second photoreceptor. The decorative toner has a decorative property of at least one of glossiness, glitter or a stereoscopic effect. A transfer unit transfers the decorative toner image and the color toner image onto a recording medium with the decorative toner overlapping at least a part of the color toner image in an overlapping area so that the decorative property is visible in the overlapping area.
IPC 8 full level
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/22 (2006.01)
CPC (source: CN EP)
G03G 15/1605 (2013.01 - CN); G03G 15/6582 (2013.01 - CN); G03G 15/6585 (2013.01 - EP); G03G 15/224 (2013.01 - EP); G03G 2215/00805 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
- [XY] US 2012229819 A1 20120913 - KOYATSU JUN [JP], et al
- [XY] US 2013251431 A1 20130926 - NUMAO KAZUNORI [JP]
- [Y] JP 2004061822 A 20040226 - TOPPAN FORMS CO LTD
- [X] US 2012236335 A1 20120920 - IINUMA OSAMU [JP]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 16164161 A 20160407; CN 201610266456 A 20160426