Patent ID: 7517625

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an electrophotographic photoreceptor; a non-contact charger located and configured so as to be able to charge the electrophotographic photoreceptor; an irradiator configured to irradiate the electrophotographic photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image thereon; an image developer configured to develop the electrostatic latent image with a toner to form a toner image on the electrophotographic photoreceptor; and a transferer configured to transfer the toner image onto a transfer material, wherein the electrophotographic photoreceptor comprises: an electroconductive substrate; a charge generation layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate; a charge transport layer located overlying the charge generation layer; and a crosslinked charge transport layer, located overlying the charge transport layer, wherein; the crosslinked charge transport layer is formed by hardening a composition comprising a radical polymeric monomer having three or more functional groups without a charge transport structure and a radical polymeric compound having one functional group with a charge transporting structure; and at least one of the radical polymeric monomer having three or more functional groups without a charge transport structure and the radical polymeric compound having one functional group with a charge transporting structure comprise at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of acryloyloxy groups and methacryloyloxy groups.