Patent ID: 8507170
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image-forming method, comprising the steps of: charging an electrostatic image bearing member for bearing an electrostatic image; forming an electrostatic image on the charged electrostatic image bearing member; developing the electrostatic image with toner to form a toner image; transferring the toner image on the electrostatic image bearing member with or without mediating an intermediate transferring member onto a transfer material; and fixing the toner image on the transfer material, wherein: the electrostatic image bearing member is a photosensitive member obtained by sequentially laminating at least a photoconductive layer and a surface layer formed of hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide, and a sum of an atomic density of silicon atoms and an atomic density of carbon atoms in the surface layer is 6.60×10 the toner has at least a binder resin and magnetic iron oxide particles, and the magnetic iron oxide particles contain Fe(2+) at a content of 20.0 mass % or more and 25.0 mass % or less.