Patent ID: 11860570
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. An image forming method comprising:
attaching a first toner containing a yellow colorant to a recording medium and fixing the first toner; and
attaching a second toner containing a cyan colorant to the recording medium and fixing the second toner, wherein
the first toner and the second toner each contain
a binder resin containing a vinyl-based resin and a crystalline resin, and
a release agent containing a hydrocarbon wax,
a content of the vinyl-based resin with respect to a total mass of the binder resin is 50% by mass or more,
the first toner contains the crystalline resin having a moiety having a crystal structure and a crystal nucleating agent moiety having a crystal nucleating agent, and
the second toner contains the cyan colorant that is a compound represented by general formula (1):, where, M represents any one of a silicon atom, a germanium atom, a cobalt atom, and a zinc atom, A1, A2, A3, and A4 each independently represent an atomic group forming an aromatic ring which may have an electron-withdrawing substituent, and Zs each independently represent an aryloxy group having 6 or more and 18 or less carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 or more and 22 or less carbon atoms, or a group represented by the following general formula (1-1), and, where, R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an alkoxy group having 1 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms.