Patent ID: 8530122
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A method for forming an image comprising steps of: forming an electrostatic latent image by exposing an electrophotographic photoreceptor, forming a foil transferring face by supplying a toner onto the electrophotographic photoreceptor having the electrostatic latent image, transferring the foil transferring face formed on the electrophotographic photoreceptor onto a base substance, fixing the foil transferring face transferred on the base substance, supplying a transfer foil to the base substance having the fixed foil transferring face, adhering the transfer foil onto the foil transferring face by heating under a condition of contacting the transfer foil with the foil transferring face; removing the transfer foil, from the base substance while leaving the foil adhered onto the foil transferring face, and heating the base substance having the transferred foil on the foil transferring face, wherein a toner which is used to form the foil transferring face comprises a binder resin having a softening temperature in the range of from not less than 105 ° C to not more than 140 ° C determined by a Flow tester method, and having a molecular weight of not less than 60,000 in a ratio of not less than 10% and not more than 30% based on the total binder resin constituting the toner determined by a gel permission chromatography method.