Clear toner based photo-finishing apparatus to realize uniform glossiness of printed image

摘要

The disclosed image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming a toner image on a printing medium by an electrophotographic method, a fixing unit for fixing the toner image to the printing medium by heat and pressure, and heat and pressure on the printing medium after fixing. And a photo-finishing unit that cools after adding and, and a clear toner applying unit positioned at an upstream side of the photo-finishing unit to apply 0.3 mg/cm ² or more of clear toner to the printing medium.