Patent ID: 8417156

Claim:
An image forming method comprising: charging an image holding member; forming an electrostatic latent image on a surface of the image holding member; developing the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image holding member with a toner or an electrostatic image developer to form a toner image; transferring the toner image formed on the surface of the image holding member onto a surface of a transfer-receiving material; fixing the toner image by pressurization without heating; feeding at least one photoreactive component to the toner or toner image; and irradiating the toner image with ultraviolet rays, wherein the toner satisfies the relationship of the following relational expression (1): T B (30)≦100 <T A (30) (1) wherein T B (30) represents a temperature (° C.) at which a viscosity of the toner reaches 10 4 Pa·s at the time of impressing a load of 30 MPa before the irradiating of the toner image; and T A (30) represents a temperature at which a viscosity of the toner reaches 10 4 Pa·s at the time of impressing a load of 30 MPa after the irradiating of the toner image.