Patent ID: 8877418

Claim:
A developing method comprising: developing an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member with a two-component developer including a toner and a carrier wherein the two-component developer is born on plural developer bearing members, each of whose surfaces moves at a linear speed of from 300 mm/sec to 2,000 mm/sec, wherein the carrier includes: a particulate core material; and a cover layer located on a surface of the core material and including a crosslinked material obtained by crosslinking a resin including a first unit having the below-mentioned formula (1) and a second unit having the below-mentioned formula (2): wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, each of R 2 , R 3 and R 4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and m is an integer of from 1 to 8, wherein each of the three R 2 groups may be the same as or different from each other, each of the three R 3 groups may be the same as or different from each other, and each of the three R 4 groups may be the same as or different from each other; and wherein R 5 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, each of R 6 and R 7 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R 8 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an alkoxyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of from 1 to 8, wherein each of the first unit and the second unit is included in the resin in a molar ratio of from 0.1 to 0.9 based on all units included in the resin, and wherein the crosslinking is performed by formation of a siloxane bond.