The image forming apparatus and process cartridge

The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus and process cartridge, the image forming apparatus comprising: an image holding member; a developing device, the developing device accommodating toner, said toner comprising at least one having an average particle size of 0.02μm or more the external additive and external additive having its toner particles of the additive to the outer surface, and said developing means holding a toner image using the developer image formed on the surface of the member; transfer device, the transfer means formed on the image is transferred to the recording medium to develop the image holding member; and a cleaning means, the cleaning means is provided with a cleaning blade made of the following components, at least an image holding member in said member a contact portion having a dynamic hardness of 0.25 to 0.65, and the cleaning means holding a cleaning blade and the surface of the image member is contacted to the developing cleaned after image transfer.