| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming method not causing fixing unevenness, image dislocation or paper wrinkling, while satisfying low-temperature fixability by using a core/shell structure toner with ensured charging stability and heat storage stability in a fixing device constituted of an endless belt, and to provide an image forming apparatus. SOLUTION: The image forming method is disclosed, comprising forming a toner image, transferring the toner image onto a recording medium and fixing the transferred toner image in a fixing device comprising a heating roller, an endless belt pressed into contact with the heating roller, a pressing member pressing the inner side of the endless belt and an end pressing member to locally elastically deform the heating roller and provided downstream from the pressing member, wherein the toner comprises toner particles comprising a core containing a resin, a colorant and a releasing agent and a shell on, and the toner particles exhibiting an average of eight-point mean thickness of the shell of 100 to 300 nm and meeting a requirement of an average of Hmax/Hmin being less than 1.50, wherein Hmax is a maximum thickness of the shell and Hmin is a minimum thickness of the shell. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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