Patent ID: 7799499

Claim:
A method of forming an image comprising the steps of: developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photoreceptor with an electrophotographic toner so as to obtain a toner image; transferring the toner image on the electrophotographic photoreceptor to a recording sheet; and fixing the transferred toner image with a fixing member comprising a belt fixing member having an endless belt, wherein the electrophotographic toner exhibits a glass transition point of 20 to 40° C.; an interfacial adhesion force (F R ) between the electrophotographic toner and poly(tetrafluoroethylene) is 1 to 3.5 N; the electrophotographic toner has: (i) a core/shell structure in which resin particles having a higher glass transition point than the electrophotographic toner are located near a surface of the electrophotographic toner, or (ii) a dispersed structure in which the resin particles having a higher glass transition point than the electrophotographic toner are dispersed in an interior of the electrophotographic toner; and the fixing member comprises a heating roller which is provided at a position apart from a fixing nip area.