Patent ID: 8097393

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an electrophotographic photoconductor, a latent electrostatic image forming unit configured to form a latent electrostatic image on the electrophotographic photoconductor, a developing unit configured to develop the latent electrostatic image using a toner to form a visible image, a transferring unit configured to transfer the visible image to a recording medium, and a fixing unit configured to fix the transferred image on the recording medium, wherein a glass transition temperature of an outermost layer of the electrophotographic photoconductor is 100° C. or more, wherein the toner is obtained by: at least one of dissolving and dispersing the toner material comprising an active hydrogen group-containing compound and a polymer that is reactive with the active hydrogen group-containing compound in an organic solvent to form a solution or dispersion, at least one of emulsifying and dispersing the solution or dispersion in an aqueous medium containing resin fine particles, allowing the active hydrogen group-containing compound and the polymer that is reactive with the active hydrogen group-containing compound to react in the aqueous medium, and removing the organic solvent, wherein a glass transition temperature of the resin fine particles is 65° C. to 85° C., and wherein the outermost layer of the electrophotographic photoconductor comprises a compound s represented by the following formula: