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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2004
Maiko Kondo, Ebina, JP;
Hidetoshi Kami, Numazu, JP;
Naohiro Toda, Yokohama, JP;
Ryoichi Kitajima, Japanese, JP;
Hiroshi Nagame, Numazu, JP;
Narihito Kojima, Numazu, JP;
Yoshiaki Kawasaki, Susono, JP;
Maiko Kondo, Ebina, JP;
Hidetoshi Kami, Numazu, JP;
Naohiro Toda, Yokohama, JP;
Ryoichi Kitajima, Japanese, JP;
Hiroshi Nagame, Numazu, JP;
Narihito Kojima, Numazu, JP;
Yoshiaki Kawasaki, Susono, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming method, includes: forming a latent electrostatic image on a latent electrostatic image carrier; developing the latent electrostatic image with a toner to thereby form a visible image; transferring the visible image to a recording medium; and fixing the image transferred to the recording medium. The latent electrostatic image carrier includes: a support, a photoconductive layer on the support, and a surface protective layer on the support. The surface protective layer includes a reactant made by cross-linking the following: an electric charge transporting material which comprises a reactive functional group, a cross-linking resin, and a fluorine surfactant. The toner comprises an inorganic fine particle which defines an effective inorganic fine particle amount in a range of 0.8% by mass to 3.0% by mass calculated from the following equation (1): where SF-2 denotes a shape factor of the toner.