Patent ID: 8741530

Claim:
A method, comprising forming an image on a substrate with an electrophotographic photoreceptor and a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, wherein a photosensitive layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a resin having a structural unit represented by the following formula (A): where X 1 is a single bond or a connecting group having no cyclic structure, and each of Y 1 to Y 8 which are independent of one another, is a hydrogen atom or a substituent having at most 20 carbon atoms; the toner for developing an electrostatic charge image is a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image containing toner matrix particles formed in an aqueous medium; the toner has a volume median diameter (Dv50) of from 5 μm to 7.0 μm; and the relationship between the volume median diameter (Dv50) and the percentage in number (Dns) of toner particles having a particle diameter of from 2.00 μm to 3.56 μm satisfies: 0.0517EXP(22.4/ Dv 50)≦ Dns≦ 0.233EXP(17.3/ Dv 50) where Dv50 is the volume median diameter (μm) of the toner, and Dns is the percentage in number of toner particles having a particle diameter of from 2.00 μm to 3.56 μm.