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Abstract

A process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor that includes a photosensitive layer and a protective layer on a conductive substrate in this order, and a charging member that includes an elastic layer and a surface layer on a conductive base material in this order and comes into contact with the electrophotographic photoreceptor to charge a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, in which the protective layer in the electrophotographic photoreceptor is a cured film formed to contain a crosslinked material of a composition containing at least one compound X selected from the group consisting of a compound having a guanamine structure and a compound having a melamine structure and a charge transport material Y containing at least one group selected from the group consisting of —OH, —OCH₃, —NH₂, —SH, and —COOH, a water contact angle θ1 of the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is 65° or greater and less than 80°, and a water contact angle θ2 of a surface of the charging member satisfies a relationship of θ1<θ2.

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