Patent ID: 9535343
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming method comprising: charging a surface of an electrophotographic photoreceptor by a charging device disposed to be in contact with or be adjacent to the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, the electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive base and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive base, and an uppermost layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is configured with a cured film of a composition having a reactive charge transport material; forming an electrostatic latent image on a charged surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor; developing the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor with a developer including a toner including toner particles and fatty acid metal salt particles to form a toner image; transferring the toner image to a surface of a recording medium; and cleaning the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor with a cleaning blade in contact with the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, wherein: wherein F represents a charge transport skeleton; L represents a divalent linking group containing two or more kinds selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, —C(═O)—, —N(R)—, —S—, and —O—; R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group; and m represents an integer of 1 to 8, wherein F represents a charge transport skeleton; L′ represents a trivalent or tetravalent group derived from alkane or alkene, or an (n+1)-valent linking group containing two or more kinds selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, —C(═O)—, —N(R)—, —S—, and —O—; R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group; m′ represents an integer of 1 to 6; and n represents an integer of 2 or 3;