| abstract |
An image forming method including a process for forming a transparent toner layer on an image formed on a support, the method including steps of supplying a transparent toner on an image on a support, and heating and then cooling the image on the support having the transparent toner while the image on the support having the transparent toner being in contact with a belt, wherein the transparent toner contains a resin constituted by a polyester and a styrene-acryl copolymer, a monoester compound represented by Formula I, and a hydrocarbon compound having at least one of a branched chain structure and a cyclic structure,n nR 1 —COO—R 2 Formula I:n wherein, R 1 and R 2 are each a hydrocarbon group having 13 to 30 carbon atoms which may have a substituent or not, and R 1 and R 2 are the same or different. |