To provide a printing method with decolorizing toner for improving the appearance of decolorized state regardless of the difference in printing areas and densities.

An image forming apparatus for printing an image with the decolorizing toner on recording paper by an electrophotographic system uses two kinds of decolorizing toners, namely decolorizing toner Rb of low density and decolorizing toner Ra of a density (usual density) higher than that of the decolorizing toner Rb of low density. Regarding the image printed on the recording paper 22, a part 53 of the image having a large area and high density is printed with the decolorizing toner Rb of low density, and the other part 51 is printed with the decolorizing toner Ra of high density. After printing, the whole can be recognized without uncomfortable feeling. After decolorizing, the whole seems to be decolorized uniformly.

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