Patent ID: 6942953

Claim:
An image forming method comprising the steps of: forming an electrostatic latent image on a surface of an electrostatic latent image bearing body; forming a toner image by developing the electrostatic latent image by using a toner for electrostatic latent image development; transferring the toner image to a surface of a recording medium; and fusing the transferred toner image on the surface of the recording medium by bringing the toner image into contact with a heating medium having a resin coating layer formed on the surface thereof and thereby melting the toner image, wherein the toner for the electrostatic latent image development includes a binder resin obtained by polymerizing one or more polymerizable monomers having vinyl double bonds; a storage elasticity G′(180) of the toner for electrostatic latent image development at 180° C. is in a range of 1×10 3 to 8×10 3 Pa; a contact angle of the surface of the heating medium to water at 25° C. is in a range of 50 to 100°, and wherein the binder resin has a weight average molecular weight in a range of 150,000 to 500,000.