IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus that exhibits excellent filming resistance and can form images with high image quality for a long period, while using a toner that has a small particle diameter, and exhibits excellent low-temperature fixability and excellent fluidity.SOLUTION: Cleaning means is a cleaning blade; a toner contains two types of fine particles having different particle diameters; the amount of free fine particles is 3 mg or more relative to 1 g of the toner; an electrophotographic photoreceptor has a protective layer composed at least of a curable resin; the electrophotographic photoreceptor has projections on the surface; and when the average primary particle diameters of the two or more types of fine particles are represented by R1 and R2, and the height of the projections of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is represented by R3, R1<20nm