Patent ID: 7769337

Claim:
A method of forming an image comprising processes of: a developing process to form a visible image on a photosensitive member by a toner comprising colored particles containing a binder resin and a colorant; a transferring process to transfer the visible image onto a recording material so as to form a transferred image; a fixing process to fix the transferred image; and a cleaning process to remove the toner remaining on the photosensitive member after the transfer by a cleaning blade abutting on the photosensitive means, wherein the colored particles have an average circularity of 0.95 to 0.998 and an abutting portion of the cleaning blade on the photosensitive member has an indentation modulus (A) of 5 to 15 KPa at an indenting load of 10 mN and 23° C., a ratio of the modulus (A) to an indentation modulus (B) at an indenting load of 100 mN and 23° C. of 1.1 to 1.8, and a loss tangent (tan δ) of the cleaning blade at 20 to 50° C. in the range from 0.01 to 0.1.