Patent ID: 8740373

Claim:
An image forming method comprising: ejecting aqueous ink onto a recording medium and forming an image; after the ejecting, drying such that a difference between a water amount contained in the recording medium after the drying and a water amount contained in the recording medium before the ejecting is from 1.0 g/m 2 to 4.0 g/m 2 ; and after the drying, particle-providing including supplying particles to a surface of a roller and, via the roller, providing the particles to a face of the recording medium at which the image has been formed; wherein the ink comprises resin particles and an aqueous solvent, and, after the drying, a relationship between a temperature of T s of a surface ink layer to which the ink has been ejected onto the recording medium and a minimum film formation temperature MFT of the resin particles in the ink satisfies the condition Ts<MFT.