Patent ID: 8632934

Claim:
A method for forming an image comprising the sequential steps of: forming a foil adhesion toner image on an image supporting substrate with a foil adhesion toner (.alpha.) which comprises at least a binder resin containing a thermoplastic resin using an electrophotographic method; forming a foil image on the foil adhesion toner image by contacting a transfer foil on the foil adhesion toner image with applying heat to the transfer foil; and forming a visible toner image on the image supporting substrate which has been formed with the foil image with at least one image forming toner (β) using an, electrophotographic method, followed by fixing the visible toner image by applying heat and pressure thereto, wherein a difference of two softening points expressed as Δ(Tsp(α)−Tsp(β) is 5 to 50° C., provided that Tsp (α) is a softening point of the foil adhesion toner (α) and Tsp (β) is a softening point of the image forming toner (β).