Electrophotographic image forming apparatus with gradation control

摘要

The image forming apparatus has an image forming portion capable of forming an image on a transferring medium by the use of a hypochromatic toner, ie. light or pale toner and a hyperchromatic toner, ie. dark toner of substantially the same color. The image forming portion is provided with a developing device (4) for developing with the hypochromatic toner and the hyperchromatic toner, wherein, in an image area in which the hyperchromatic toner and the hypochromatic toner are mixedly present, and the recording rate of the hyperchromatic toner is 1/16, the minimum size Wmini of a toner image of the hyperchromatic toner is 50 µm or less on the transferring material (P). Thereby, it is achieved to reduce graininess.