Abstract: A control device for a moving body includes a control unit configured to communicate with an information terminal which is portable for a user of the moving body, and perform movement control on the moving body and charge control on a power supply device. The control unit is configured to start the moving body and the charge control, and, in response to receiving an action plan, if a progress state of the charge control does not reach a predetermined state, cause a display unit of the information terminal to display a third display image indicating the progress state, and if the progress state reaches the predetermined state, cause the display unit not to display the third display image, or cause the display unit to display it in an inconspicuous manner in comparison to a case where the progress state does not reach the predetermined state.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a toner being free of a problem of image non-uniformity or carrier attraction due to charging unevenness and enabling stable printing, even at continuous printing, in a high-speed development system susceptible to stress. In the toner for developing an electrostatic charge image of the present invention, as an external additive of the toner, a metal oxide-polymer composite particle containing a polymer-grafted metal oxide, and a composite oxide particle having a core-shell structure, with the core part containing titania and the shell part containing silica, are added as a first external additive and a second external additive, respectively.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a toner which is effective in improving image quality while inhibiting white-background fouling, residual-image phenomenon (ghost), blurring (suitability for solid printing), and the like that occur depending on the proportion of a fine powder having a particle diameter not larger than a specific value, and which has satisfactory removability in cleaning, mitigates problems concerning fouling, etc. in long-term use even on a high-speed printer, and attains excellent image stability. Another object is to provide an image-forming apparatus and a toner cartridge each employing the toner. The invention provides a toner for electrostatic-image development satisfying all of the following (1) to (4) or a toner for electrostatic-image development which is a toner containing a charge control agent and satisfying all of the following (5) to (7). The invention further provides an image-forming apparatus and a toner cartridge each employing the toner.

Abstract: A bio-toner for use in electrophotographic image forming that contains a bio-resin component that is at least partially derived from a renewable resource is provided. A method of making the bio-toner that contains a bio-resin component for use in electrophotographic image forming is also provided. A method for electrophotographic image formation using the bio-toner that contains a bio-resin is also provided.

Abstract: There is provided in one embodiment a bio-toner having a bio-resin, a second resin, and one or more colorants. The second resin has at least one of a styrene acrylate resin or a polyester resin each having at least one molecular weight peak greater than 90,000 and at least one molecular weight peak less than 15,000. The bio-resin is a polyester polymer having one or more reacted di-acid monomer units and one or more reacted diol monomer units. At least one of the reacted di-acid monomer units or at least one of the reacted diol monomer units is a bio-monomer obtained from a plant or an animal source.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a toner which is effective in improving image quality while inhibiting white-background fouling, residual-image phenomenon (ghost), blurring (suitability for solid printing), and the like that occur depending on the proportion of a fine powder having a particle diameter not larger than a specific value, and which has satisfactory removability in cleaning, mitigates problems concerning fouling, etc. in long-term use even on a high-speed printer, and attains excellent image stability. Another object is to provide an image-forming apparatus and a toner cartridge each employing the toner. The invention provides a toner for electrostatic-image development satisfying all of the following (1) to (4) or a toner for electrostatic-image development which is a toner containing a charge control agent and satisfying all of the following (5) to (7). The invention further provides an image-forming apparatus and a toner cartridge each employing the toner.

Abstract: A bio-toner for use in electrophotographic image forming that contains a bio-resin component that is at least partially derived from a renewable resource is provided. A method of making the bio-toner that contains a bio-resin component for use in electrophotographic image forming is also provided. A method for electrophotographic image formation using the bio-toner that contains a bio-resin is also provided.