Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Image forming apparatus and toner set
An image forming apparatus is provided that includes: first and second electrostatic latent image bearers; first and second electrostatic latent image forming devices; first and second developing devices configured to develop first and second electrostatic latent images with a colored toner and a special-color toner to form a colored toner image and a special-color toner image, respectively; a primary transfer device configured to transfer the colored toner image and the special-color toner image onto an intermediate image bearer in an overlapping manner to form a composite toner image; a secondary transfer device configured to transfer the composite toner image onto a recording medium; and a fixing device configured to fix the composite toner image thereon. The special-color toner comprises plate-like and/or film-like pigments. An absolute difference in volume resistivity between the special-color toner and the colored toner is 0.30 log Ω cm or less.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Hiroshi Daichi Yuka Minoru Tomomi Ryota
Yamashita Hisakuni Mizoguchi Masuda Harashima Inoue