Patent ID: 7094514

Claim:
An image forming method comprising a step of developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photoreceptor with a toner for electrostatic latent image development containing a binder resin and a colorant, wherein a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a compound having an unsaturated double bond, a surface of the toner for electrostatic latent image development has at least one kind of particles selected from metal oxide particles and metal nitride particles, and the toner for electrostatic latent image development has a SF- 1 shape factor of 110 to 140 and contains a binder resin obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable monomer having a vinyl double bond, and a storage of elastic modulus at 160° C. (G′(160)) of the toner for electrostatic latent image development is in the following range: 80 Pa≦G′(160)≦620 Pa; and wherein a total amount of the metal oxide particles and/or metal nitride particles added is 0.1 to 10% by mass relative to the toner, and the ratio of metal oxide particles and/or metal nitride particles having a particle size of no more than 0.03 μm relative to the total amount of the metal oxide particles and/or metal nitride particles is in the following range: 0.01 (amount of particles having a particle size of 0.03 μm or less)/(total amount of metal oxide particles and/or metal nitride particles)≦0.8.