Patent ID: 8431293

Claim:
A method of recycling an image forming material comprising the steps of: holding a toner image formed by employing toner particles in a toner holding layer formed on an image supporting substrate to faun a first generation image print, separating the toner particles from the first generation image print; and recycling the separated toner particles to form a second generation image print by holding a toner image formed by employing the separated toner particles in a toner holding layer formed on an image supporting substrate, provided that the image forming material comprises at least toner particles, wherein following Conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied, provided that A represents a particle shape factor of the toner particles used for the first generation image print, B represents a particle shape factor of the toner particles after the toner image is held in the toner holding layer of the first generation image print, and C represents a particle shape factor of the toner particles separated from the first generation image print via a separation process, wherein each of the particle shape factors A, B and C is an average value of particle shape factors of 100 toner particles each determined according to a formula of (a minimum diameter of a projection of a particle/a maximum diameter of the projection of the particle): 0.9 ≧B/A≧ 0.1 Condition (1) 1 ≧C/A≧ 0.9 Condition (2).