Patent ID: 7498111

Claim:
An image forming method comprising: developing a latent image formed on an electrophotographic photoreceptor with a toner, wherein the photoreceptor comprises a support and a layer and the photoreceptor satisfies a condition represented by Formulas (1) and (2), and the toner has a ratio (Dv50/Dp50) of 50% volume particle diameter of the toner (Dv50) to 50% number particle diameter of the toner (Dp50) within the range of 1 to 1.15, a ratio (Dv75/Dp75) of the cumulative 75% volume particle diameter from the largest particle diameter of the toner (Dv75) to the cumulative 75% number particle diameter from the largest particle diameter of the toner (Dp75) within the range of 1 to 1.2 and 10% or less of the number of toner particles having a particle diameter of not larger than 0.7×Dp50 in the toner based on all the toner particles in the toner; P<P max <2 P Formula (1) 2≦( P max /D )×100≦50 Formula (2) wherein P represents an average of the thickness (μm) of the layer at the central portion of the support in the width direction of the image formation, P max represents an average of the maximum value of the layer thickness (μm) at the area without the image formation area, and D represents an average distance (μm) from the edge of the layer to the point where the maximum value is formed, and wherein the Pmax is 23 to 60 μm, and the P is 15 to 35 μm.