Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Chigusa Yamane

Shinichi Yabuki

Keiichi Inagaki

Kunihiro Ogura

Shigeaki Tokutake

An objective is to provide an image forming method and an image forming apparatus exhibiting neither failure in lack of line image nor image defect in halftone images, together with extremely high image quality and longer lifetime. Disclosed is an image forming method possessing the steps of evenly charging an organic photoreceptor; conducting a light exposure process; conducting a developing process to visualize the electrostatic latent image formed on the organic photoreceptor to form a toner image; transferring the toner image into a transfer medium; and conducting a cleaning process to remove a residual toner from the organic photoreceptor, the method further comprising the step of replenishing a developing device with a developer comprising toner and carrier, wherein the organic photoreceptor comprises a surface protective layer containing a filler, and the carrier is mixed with the toner, after attaching a lubricant onto a carrier particle in advance.

Image forming method and image forming apparatus

An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a charge generating layer and a charge transfer layer accumulated on a support member, the charge transfer layer including at least two layers of a support side layer and a surface side layer, wherein the support side layer contains A mol/cmof charge mol/cmof charge transfer material having a dipolar moment of not more than 0.75 and inorganic particles having a number average primary particle diameter of 3-150 nm, wherein A and B satisfies relations of (1) and (2),9.0&#xd7;10&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)8.0&#xd7;10&#x2003;&#x2003;(2).

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Chigusa Yamane