Apparatus for forming image

An apparatus for forming an image comprising:

• an electrophotographic photoreceptor having an electroconductive support having formed thereon a photosensitive layer;
• a charging unit that charges a surface of the photoreceptor;
• an exposing unit that exposes the surface of the photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image;
• a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image with a toner to form a toner image;
• and
• a transferring unit that primarily transfers the toner image to an intermediate transfer body and secondarily transfers a primary transferred image on the intermediate transfer body to a transfer material,
• the surface of the photoreceptor having a dynamic hardness of 8×109 N/m2 or more,
• a surface of the intermediate transfer body having a dynamic hardness larger than that of the surface of the photoreceptor, and
• a difference between the dynamic hardness of the surface of the photoreceptor and the dynamic hardness of the surface of the intermediate transfer material being 2×1010 N/m2 or less.