Patent ID: 7074540

Claim:
A process for forming an image comprising: charging an electrophotographic photoreceptor having an electrically-conductive support and a photosensitive layer provided on said support; exposing said electrostatically charged electrophotographic photoreceptor to light to form an electrostatic latent image; developing said electrostatic latent image with a toner to form a toner image; transferring said toner image onto a transferring medium; and cleaning said electrophotographic photoreceptor after the transfer of said toner image to remove a toner left thereon, wherein said electrophotographic photoreceptor comprises a surface layer containing a siloxane-based resin having charge-transporting properties and a crosslinked structure, wherein said cleaning step is carried out with a brush member disposed such that the leading end of said brush comes in contact with said electrophotographic photoreceptor, wherein the product (R z Ã—W e ) of the surface roughness (R z , Î¼m) of said electrophotographic photoreceptor after 200,000 rotations thereof and the wear rate of said electrophotographic photoreceptor per 1,000 rotations (W e , nm) is not greater than 20, wherein said brush member comprises resin fibers selected from the group consisting of polyamide, polyacrylate, polyolefin and polyester and having a fiber diameter of not greater than 30 denier, said resin fiber being arranged at a density of not smaller than 20,000 fibers/inch 2 , and wherein the intrusion depth of the leading end of said brush into said electrophotographic photoreceptor is from 0.1 to 2.5 mm.