Patent ID: 7442478

Claim:
A method for forming an image, comprising: forming a first electrostatic charge image on an electrostatic charge image bearing member; forming a first magenta toner image by developing the first electrostatic charge image with a first magenta toner; transferring the first magenta toner image to a transfer material through an intermediate transfer member or directly; forming a second electrostatic charge image on the electrostatic charge image bearing member; forming a second magenta toner image by developing the second electrostatic charge image with a second magenta toner; transferring the second magenta toner image to the transfer material through the intermediate transfer member or directly; and fixing the first magenta toner image and the second magenta toner image on the transfer material under heating and pressure to form a fixed image on the transfer material, wherein; the first magenta toner comprises one of a pale magenta toner and a deep magenta toner; and the second magenta toner comprises the other of the pale magenta toner and the deep magenta toner; and the pale magenta toner comprises magenta toner particles which comprises at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax, has one or plural heat-absorption peaks in a temperature range of 30 to 200° C. in a heat-absorption curve obtained using a differential scanning calorimeter, has 0.2 to 1.8 parts by weight of the colorant per 100 parts by weight of the binder resin, has a maximum value of a maximum heat-absorption peak temperature in the one or plural heat-absorption peaks in a range of 65 to 105° C., has a reflectance of 15 to 45% at a wavelength of 480 nm and a reflectance of 65 to 90% at a wavelength of 630 nm when measured using the magenta toner in a powder form by spectroscopic analysis, has a storage elastic modulus (G 1 120) of 5×10 2 to 1×10 5 Pa at a temperature of 120° C. and a storage elastic modulus (G 1 180) of 10 to 5×10 3 Pa at a temperature of 180° C., and has a lightness L* of 45 to 75 when measured in a powder form.