Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a developer having a sharp charge amount distribution and bringing out high-quality image without substantially smearing a charging unit, developing units, a photoconductor, and an intermediate transferring member by the developer, namely, a developer capable of providing an appropriate image density and exhibiting extremely little background smear even when used over a long period of time and repeatedly used for a number of sheets of paper as well as to provide an image forming apparatus for electrophotography using the developer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a toner including preparing an emulsified dispersion which contains emulsion particles by emulsifying or dispersing an oil phase containing at least a pigment and any one of a binder resin and a binder resin precursor in an aqueous medium, and granulating toner base particles by converging the emulsified dispersion, wherein the Casson yield value of the single oil phase before being emulsified or dispersed in the aqueous medium is 0.5 Pa to 20 Pa; and the temperature Tn of the emulsified dispersion in the preparation of the emulsified dispersion, the temperature Ts of the emulsified dispersion in the granulation of the toner base particles, and the glass transition temperature Tg of the toner base particles satisfy the relation Tn<Ts<Tg.

Abstract: A carrier including a magnetic core material and a layer located on a surface of the magnetic core material, wherein the carrier satisfies the following relationships (1) to (3): 0.90?(?a/?b)<1.00 (1); 200?(?b·?c)?400 (2); 10?(?b/?c)?20 (3), wherein ?b represents a magnetization of the carrier at 1,000 Oe, ?a represents a magnetization of the carrier after frictionized with a cylindrical sleeve under a specific condition and ?c represents a true specific gravity of the carrier, wherein the carrier has a weight-average particle diameter of about 25 to about 65 ?m and includes carrier particles having a weight-average particle diameter not greater than about 12 ?m in an amount of not greater than about 0.3% by weight, wherein a ratio between the weight-average particle diameter and a number-average particle diameter of the carrier is about 1 to about 1.3, and wherein an electric resistance is from about 1.0×109 to about 1.

Abstract: A carrier including a magnetic core material and a layer located on a surface of the magnetic core material, wherein the carrier satisfies the following relationships (1) to (3): 0.90?(?a/?b)<1.00 (1); 200?(?b·?c)?400 (2); 10?(?b/?c)?20 (3), wherein ?b represents a magnetization of the carrier at 1,000 Oe, ?a represents a magnetization of the carrier after frictionized with a cylindrical sleeve under a specific condition and ?c represents a true specific gravity of the carrier, wherein the carrier has a weight-average particle diameter of about 25 to about 65 ?m and includes carrier particles having a weight-average particle diameter not greater than about 12 ?m in an amount of not greater than about 0.3% by weight, wherein a ratio between the weight-average particle diameter and a number-average particle diameter of the carrier is about 1 to about 1.3, and wherein an electric resistance is from about 1.0×109 to about 1.

Abstract: To provide an image forming method including forming a latent electrostatic image on a latent electrostatic image bearing member, developing the latent electrostatic image using a toner to form a visible image, transferring the visible image to a recording medium, and fixing a transfer image transferred on the recording medium, wherein the toner includes a toner base particle containing at least a binder resin, a colorant and an inorganic fine particle, and a charge control agent; and wherein the condition Xsurf>Xtotal is satisfied (where Xsurf is an average proportion of the inorganic fine particles in a near-surface region of the toner base particle, Xtotal is an average proportion of inorganic fine particles in the whole toner base particle.

Abstract: To provide a toner that can provide long-term removability and high-definition images with reduced image layer thickness and densely-packed toner particles, a developer capable of forming high-quality images using the toner, a toner container for containing the toner, a process cartridge using the toner, an image forming apparatus using the toner, and an image forming method using the toner. The toner of the present invention is a toner having a substantially spherical shape with irregularities on its surface and containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein a surface factor SF-1 that represents the sphericity of toner particles is 105 to 180, a surface factor SF-2 that represents the degree of surface irregularities of the toner particles is correlated with the volume-average diameter of the toner particles, and the toner particles have an inorganic oxide particle-containing layer within 1 ?m from their surfaces.

Abstract: A toner for electrophotography contains a binder resin, a colorant and a releasing agent and has a viscosity, a storage modulus (G?) and a loss modulus (G?), in which the viscosity is 1×103 Pa·s or more and a loss tangent (tan ?) as the ratio of G? to G? is 0.4 or more at temperatures from 140° C. to 170° C.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a toner which is excellent in shelf stability for a long term by producing the toner through controlling the dispersion condition of the wax around the toner surface and through improving, not only the off-set resistance of the toner for rendering the fixing properties of the toner advantageous, but also the blocking resistance of the toner, wherein the toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax, wherein the amount of the wax is 3% by mass to 21% by mass, and the amount of the wax which is present in the portion of the toner particle which is in the range of from the outermost surface to the depth of 0.3 ?m in the toner particle is in a specified range, and at least a part of the wax is present as plural individual wax dispersion particles involved in the toner particles.

Abstract: The toner for developing a latent electrostatic image to form an image contains a binder resin and 2% by weight to 15% by weight of a coloring agent. The coverage of the toner with the coloring agent on a surface of the toner is 1.5% by atom to 15% by atom. The toner prevents scatterings and toner deposition on the background of images and provides high quality images even after printing several tens of sheets at high temperature and in high humidity.

Abstract: A toner capable of making compatible a transferring property, a fixing property and a cleaning property and forming a high-precision image. The toner comprises a binder resin and a colorant and is characterized in that the average circularity of the toner is at least 0.95, a ratio (D/S) between the total projection area (S) and the contact area (D) of the toner is 15% to 40%, and the contact area (D) is a total contact area between the toner and an object surface. The toner has such a shape as to be able to contact a latent image carrier with a proper contact area, has a high transferring rate and can prevent transferring dust.

Abstract: Spherical toners having excellent fusibility are disclosed. The toners are fusible at low temperatures and are excellent in preservability and therefore charge properties, flowability, and transferability do not deteriorate. The toners contain a colorant and a nitrogen-containing polyester resin, in which the concentration of nitrogen at the surface of toner particles is higher than the concentration of nitrogen of the entire particles. The ratio of the surface concentration to the overall concentration is from 1.2 to 10. Additionally, the nitrogen-containing resin is preferably a polyester resin modified by urea bonds. Also, it is preferred that the toner particles are substantially spherical having an average sphericity E of from 0.90 to 0.99.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a toner which has sufficiently high chargeability and less toner spent to a carrier or the like even when several tens of thousands of image sheets are output, is capable of keeping high-charge property and flowability without causing substantial background smear or toner fogging, excels in low-temperature fixing property and hot-offset property, and has a wide range of fixing temperature as well as to provide a developer, an image forming apparatus, a process cartridge, and an image forming method using the toner for developing electrostatic images. The toner of the present invention comprises a colorant, and a resin, and a fluoride compound, in which the fluoride compound exists on the surfaces of toner particles, and the atomic number ratio (F/C) of fluoride atoms to carbon atoms existing on the surfaces of the toner particles is 0.010 to 0.054.

Abstract: A toner which includes a toner material, wherein the toner satisfies the following formula: 0° C.??Tm?20° C. where ?Tm represents Tma (° C.)?Tmb (° C.), Tma (° C.) is ½ flown-out temperature of the toner by a capillary type flow tester, and Tmb (° C.) is ½ flown-out temperature of a melt kneaded mixture of the toner by the capillary type flow tester, and wherein Tma is from 130° C. to 200° C.

Abstract: A toner is provided containing a parent particulate material, which contains; a first colorant, a second colorant, and a binder resin, wherein the first colorant contains an organic pigment having a primary particle diameter distribution with a median diameter of from 0.08 to 0.12 ?m, and the second colorant contains an organic pigment having a primary particle diameter distribution with a median diameter of from 0.01 to 0.

Abstract: Provided is a resin particle comprising a resin (a) and a filler (b) contained in the particle; the particle has a volume average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 300 ?m and a shape factor of from 110 to 300; the particle has an outer shell layer (S) comprising at least a portion of the filler (b); the layer (S) is at least 0.01 ?m thick and has a thickness that is ½ or less of the maximum inscribed circle radius of the particle cross section. When used as a toner resin, it is excellent in blade cleaning properties and wide in the fixation temperature range; when employed as a paint additive or a cosmetics additive, it is excellent in masking properties; when used as paper coating additive, it is excellent in ink retention; when utilized as an abrasive, it is excellent in abrasion.

Abstract: A toner is proposed which includes toner particles and a fluidity-imparting agent and which has characteristics that when the toner is sieved with a 500-mesh sieve, the residue of the toner on the sieve has a circularity of from 0.93 to 0.97 and when 100 g of the toner is sieved with a 500-mesh sieve, the residue of the toner on the sieve has a weight not greater than 10 mg. The toner is for use in an electrophotographic image formation method using an intermediate image transfer method. A full-color image formation method, using this toner, and an image formation apparatus in which this toner is used are also proposed.

Abstract: A toner including toner powders having an aggregation not greater than 20% and circularity not less than 0.93.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a developer having a sharp charge amount distribution and bringing out high-quality image without substantially smearing a charging unit, developing units, a photoconductor, and an intermediate transferring member by the developer, namely, a developer capable of providing an appropriate image density and exhibiting extremely little background smear even when used over a long period of time and repeatedly used for a number of sheets of paper as well as to provide an image forming apparatus for electrophotography using the developer.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a toner that can sustain favorable transferability and cleaning ability for prolonged periods; prevent photoconductor filming; exhibit no variation in image nonuniformity or external additive immersion induced by developer agitation at the time of use; excels in stability with flowability and charge stability over prolonged periods. Therefore, provided is the toner of which the quantity of aggregate of residual external additives found on the sieve of 635-mesh and 452 cm2 of mesh area, after 0.2 g of the toner on the sieve is blasted with air at a blow pressure of 0.2 MPa from 160 mm above the sieve while being air-suctioned at a suction force of 5 mmHg, and then air-suctioned at a suction force of 20 mmHg, is 4,500 or less and 5 or more.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a toner which is excellent in shelf stability for a long term by producing the toner through controlling the dispersion condition of the wax around the toner surface and through improving, not only the off-set resistance of the toner for rendering the fixing properties of the toner advantageous, but also the blocking resistance of the toner, wherein the toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax, wherein the amount of the wax is 3% by mass to 21% by mass, and the amount of the wax which is present in the portion of the toner particle which is in the range of from the outermost surface to the depth of 0.3 ?m in the toner particle is in a specified range, and at least a part of the wax is present as plural individual wax dispersion particles involved in the toner particles.