Abstract: The toner for developing an electrostatic charge image of the present invention contains a toner base particle comprising a binder resin and at least two kinds of organic pigments, and strontium titanate as an external additive.

Abstract: The toner for developing an electrostatic charge image of the present invention contains a toner base particle comprising a binder resin and at least two kinds of organic pigments, and alumina as an external additive. The at least two kinds of organic pigments comprises: a pigment P1 having an absorption maximum wavelength ?max (nm) of greater than 400 nm and less than 600 nm when dispersed in methyl ethyl ketone; and a pigment P2 having an absorption maximum wavelength ? max (nm) of 600 nm or more and 700 nm or less when dispersed in methyl ethyl ketone.

Abstract: Printed matter is provided which includes a recording medium, a colored layer overlying the recording medium, and an infrared-absorbing-pigment-containing layer overlying the recording medium and underlying the colored layer. The colored layer contains a colorant. The infrared-absorbing-pigment-containing layer contains an infrared absorbing pigment having an average diameter of from 120 to 250 nm in the infrared-absorbing-pigment-containing layer.

Abstract: A porous particle, wherein the porous particle has a mass median aerodynamic diameter and a volume average particle diameter that satisfy expression: y?2x, where x denotes the mass median aerodynamic diameter and y denotes the volume average particle diameter, and the porous particle has a relative span factor (R.S.F) that satisfies expression: 0<(R.S.F)?1.5.

Abstract: To appropriately communicate a control channel even when communication is performed by applying a configuration of the control channel different from those of legacy LTE systems, a user terminal according to the present invention includes: a reception section that receives a downlink control channel transmitted by each of a plurality of control resource sets; and a control section that controls monitoring of a downlink control channel candidate, and the control section controls allocation of a number of downlink control channel candidates to each of the control resource sets assuming that the number of downlink control channel candidates configured to a combination of the control resource sets in a given time unit does not exceed terminal capability.

Abstract: Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) system configured with the use of a composite material employing a non-metallic matrix and at least one of diamond particles, fused silica particles, boron carbide particles, silicon carbide particles, aluminum oxide particles, carbon fiber elements, carbon nanotube elements, and doped diamond particles to increase the structural integrity and/or strength of the SPM system, and a fraction of reinforcement ranging from at least 25% to at least 75% with advantageous modification of the Young's modulus, coefficient of thermal expansion, and thermal conductivity.

Abstract: Provided is a toner including toner particles, each toner particle includes: a base particle including a binder resin; and external additive particles, wherein the external additive particles include particles each having an equivalent circle diameter of 10 nm or greater, a volume average particle diameter of the particles each having an equivalent circle diameter of 10 nm or greater is 80 nm or greater but 140 nm or less, and a ratio (circumscribed circle area/particle area) of a circumscribed circle area of the particle having an equivalent circle diameter of 10 nm or greater to a particle area of the particle having an equivalent circle diameter of 10 nm or greater is 1.60 or greater but 2.60 or less.

Abstract: A toner according to an embodiment includes toner base particles and an external additive. The external additive contains silica particles having a D50 of 70 to 120 nm. The joining degree of the silica particles is 80% or more. The toner base particles contain a crystalline polyester resin and an ester wax. The ester wax is a condensation polymer of three or more types of carboxylic acids and two or more types of alcohols. The proportion of a carboxylic acid, the content of which is highest, is between 70 and 95 mass %. The proportion of a carboxylic acid with a carbon number of 18 or less is 5 mass % or less. The proportion of an alcohol, the content of which is highest, is between 70 and 90 mass %. The proportion of an alcohol with a carbon number of 18 or less is 20 mass % or less.

Abstract: Methods of making fluorescent metallic toners are provided which comprise forming one or more fluorescent latexes which comprise a fluorescent agent, a first type of amorphous resin, and a second type of amorphous resin, wherein the first and second types of amorphous resins are present at a ratio in a range of from 2:3 to 3:2; forming a mixture comprising the one or more fluorescent latexes; a dispersion comprising aluminum flakes and a surfactant; one or more emulsions which comprise a crystalline resin, the first type of amorphous resin, the second type of amorphous resin; and optionally, a wax dispersion; aggregating the mixture to form particles of a predetermined size; forming a shell over the particles of the predetermined size to form core-shell particles; and coalescing the core-shell particles to form a fluorescent metallic toner. Fluorescent metallic toners and methods of using such toners are also provided.

Abstract: A curable composition containing a magenta pigment; a polymerizable compound; and a polymer including an amino group, where the polymer including the amino group has a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or more, wherein the polymer including the amino group is at least one selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl group-including carboxylate ester, salts of a long-chain polyamino amide and acid ester having a high molecular weight, salts of polycarboxylic acid having a high molecular weight, salts of long-chain polyaminoamide and polar acid ester, unsaturated acid esters having a high molecular weight, modified polyurethanes, modified polyacrylates, polyether ester anionic surfactants, salts of naphthalenesulfonic acid formalin condensates, polyoxyethylene alkyl phosphoric acid ester, polyoxyethylene nonylphenylether, polyester polyamine, and stearylamine acetate.

Abstract: An organic solvent-free phase-inversion emulsification process for a low molecular weight amorphous polyester resin includes forming a mixture by adding to the amorphous polyester resin: i. a surfactant; ii. an aqueous solution of a neutralizing agent; and iii. a portion of water that is about 40% or less of a total amount of water used to form a phase-inversion emulsion, heating the mixture to dissolve the amorphous polyester resin to provide a dissolved amorphous polyester and adding water up to the total amount of water to the dissolved amorphous polyester to form a latex of the amorphous polyester resin. The resultant latex is used in processes of making a toner composition. A latex of an amorphous polyester resins is made by such processes have latex particles that are unimodal.

Abstract: This invention is to improve the reaction efficiency of a peroxide introduced into a cylinder compared with conventional art. In the peroxide reaction method and peroxide reaction device using an extruder according to this invention, in which a peroxide and a raw material such as a synthetic resin, a natural resin, and an elastomer are introduced into a cylinder of the extruder, wherein the raw material and the peroxide are reacted with each other in the cylinder, the raw material is introduced from a raw material supply hopper, the peroxide is introduced from a downstream side of the raw material supply hopper, and the temperature of the raw material in a peroxide introduction portion is adjusted to a temperature lower than the one-minute half-life temperature of the peroxide.

Abstract: A method for producing an additive for reclaiming oil from a fluid product stream and a treated silica with controlled hydrophobicity for use in the method are disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing silica or silicate with a particle size of between 3.0 ?m to 20 ?m, the silica or silicates having an agglomerate size of between 10 ?m to 100 ?m and being chosen to achieve the desired particle-size range and with a controlled level of hydrophobicity; treating the silica or silicate with a silicone or silane to make it hydrophobic; and controlling the hydrophobicity of the silica or silicate by varying the temperature and treatment time of the silica or silicate, amount of a treating material used to treat the silica or silicate, and the molecular weight of the treating material. The additive and related method improves oil extraction and concentration from a fluid product stream.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner has a surface property index value represented by Formula S of 2.0 to 2.8, an electrostatic charge image developing toner has a surface property index value represented by Formula S of more than 2.8 and 3.5 or less, and an electrostatic charge image developing toner has a surface property index value represented by Formula S of more than 1.0 and less than 2.0 and a calculated value of a specific surface area in Formula S of 0.70 to 1.3: (Surface property index value)=(Measured value of specific surface area)/(Calculated value of specific surface area)??Formula S wherein (Calculated value of specific surface area)=(Sum of surface areas calculated from equivalent circle diameters of 4,500 toner particles in flow particle image analysis)/{(Specific gravity of toner)×(Sum of volumes calculated from equivalent circle diameters of 4,500 toner particles in flow particle image analysis)}.

Abstract: A white toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles containing a binder resin, which contains at least a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin, and a white pigment. The loss tangent tan ? at 30° C. determined by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is 0.2 or more and 1.0 or less.

Abstract: A polylactide derivative according to the present invention is expressed by the following general formula (1) or general formula (2): In general formula (1), one of X1-X5 is an aldehyde group, one of the other four is an alkoxy group, and the other three are hydrogen atoms. In general formula (2), one of R1-R3 is selected from a chlorine atom, fluorine atom, aldehyde group, alkoxy group, alkyl group and ester, while the other two are selected from the chlorine atom, fluorine atom, aldehyde group, alkoxy group, alkyl group, ester, and hydrogen atom.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to toner compositions containing a high loading of white colorant of greater than 30 weight % by weight of the toner and processes thereof. The toner exhibits a lightness (L*) of at least 75.

Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic charge image developer containing toner particles and carrier particles, wherein the toner particles contain at least silica particles or alumina particles as an external additive; the carrier particles contain core material particles and a coating resin layer covering a surface of the core particles; the coating resin layer contains metal oxide particles; an element measured by XPS (photoelectron spectroscopy) of the carrier particle is at least Si or Al; and a content of Si or Al in the carrier particle is in the range of 1 to 6 at % with respect to the total elements constituting the carrier particles.

Abstract: A brilliant toner includes a first toner which contains a first toner particle containing a flake-shape brilliant pigment; and a second toner which contains a second toner particle containing a flake-shape brilliant pigment, and has a different color from that of the first toner, and an electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a first toner which contains a first toner particle; and a second toner which has a different color from that of the first toner, and contains the second toner particle, in which, based on a charge distribution of each of the first toner and the second toner obtained according to a charge spectrograph method, maximum peak positions of the first toner and the second toner are taken as P1 and P2, respectively, and full widths at half maximum of the first toner and the second toner are taken as W1 and W2, respectively, |P1?P2| is 3 mm or less, and |W1?W2| is 3 mm or less.

Abstract: A process for producing unsaturated polyester microparticles comprising: melt-mixing an unsaturated polyester and an oil in an extruder; washing the microparticles with an organic solvent to reduce the amount of oil; and removing the organic solvent to form the microparticles.

Abstract: A toner having chargeability and fluidity that do not change to a great extent is provided. The toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin and includes inorganic fine particles A, wherein the shape factor SF-2 of primary particles of the inorganic fine particles A is 116 or less, and regarding the particle size distribution on a volume basis of the inorganic fine particles A on the toner particle surfaces, the particle diameter when a cumulative value from the small particle side reaches 16% by volume is denoted as D16, the particle diameter when a cumulative value reaches 50% by volume is denoted as D50, and the particle diameter when a cumulative value reaches 84% by volume is denoted as D84, D50 is 80 nm or more and 200 nm or less, and the particle size distribution indicator A represented by D84/D16 is 1.70 or more and 2.60 or less.

Abstract: A toner comprising a binder resin is provided. When the toner is observed with an atomic force microscope in tapping mode to obtain a phase image and the phase image is binarized with an intermediate value between maximum and minimum phase difference values in the phase image to obtain a binarized image, the binarized image consists of first phase-contrast portions having a large phase difference and second phase-contrast portions having a small phase difference, where the first phase-contrast portions are dispersed in the second phase-contrast portions and a dispersion diameter of the first phase-contrast portions is in a range of from 150 to 500 nm. The toner has at least two glass transition temperatures (Tg) in respective ranges of from 40° C. to 65° C. and from ?30° C. to 20° C., determined from a DSC curve obtained at a first temperature rise in a differential scanning calorimetric measurement by a midpoint method.

Abstract: In an image forming method, a black toner and a color toner other than the black toner are used. The black toner and the color toner each include a binder resin including a polyester resin as a main component and a vinyl resin, a releasing agent, and an external additive. A content Vk % by mass of the vinyl resin relative to total mass of the binder resin included in the black toner, a content Vc % by mass of the vinyl resin relative to total mass of the binder resin included in the color toner, a content Wk % by mass of the releasing agent relative to the total mass of the binder resin included in the black toner, and a content Wc % by mass of the releasing agent relative to the total mass of the binder resin included in the color toner satisfy a specific relationship.

Abstract: A toner, where a diffraction peak of the toner as measured by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy is present at least in a region where 2? is from 20° through 25°, and a difference between Tg1 and Tg2 is 10° C. or less, where Tg1 is a glass transition temperature of the toner, as observed in a last heating step, when heating and cooling are performed on the toner by means of a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) under the heating and cooling conditions 1 defined in the specification, and Tg2 is a glass transition temperature of the toner, as observed in a last heating step, when heating and cooling are performed on the toner by means of the differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) under the heating and cooling conditions 2 defined in the specification.

Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner contains toner particles containing a polycondensate resin and hydrophobic external additive particles having a volume average particle size of about 40 to about 200 nm. The electrostatic-image developing toner has a difference between a half-fall temperature T1/2A and a half-fall temperature T1/2B of about 2.0° C. to about 10° C. The half-fall temperature T1/2A is measured with a flow tester after storage in an environment at 50° C. and an absolute humidity of 16.5 g/m3 for 2 hours. The half-fall temperature T1/2B is measured with a flow tester after storage in an environment at 50° C. and an absolute humidity of 82.7 g/m3 for 2 hours.

Abstract: Provided here are toner sets and image forming apparatus and methods for the formation of a bright image with excellent brightness and concealability. A toner set according to an embodiment comprises a first toner which is stored in a first container and comprises a plurality of first toner particles containing a first bright pigment and a first binder resin, and a second toner which is stored in a second container and comprises a plurality of second toner particles containing a second bright pigment and a second binder resin, wherein the second toner has a larger volume average particle diameter than the first toner.

Abstract: A toner includes an external additive particle that is a complex oxide containing a titanium dioxide (TiO2) and a silicon dioxide (SiO2). A detection amount of titanium (Ti) detected through an elementary analysis based on energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry is equal to or higher than about 0.590 percent by weight and equal to or lower than about 0.967 percent by weight.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrophotographic member having an elastic layer containing graphite particles dispersed in a silicone rubber and having a high thermal conductivity in the thickness direction. The electrophotographic member includes a substrate and an elastic layer on the substrate, the elastic layer containing a cured product of an addition-curable liquid silicone rubber mixture including an addition-curable liquid silicone rubber and graphite particles, and the graphite particles having a DBP oil absorption number of 40 cm3/100 g or more and lower than 80 cm3/100 g.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous dispersion mixture comprising; an aqueous dispersion (A) that comprises a crystalline polyolefin (a) as a dispersoid thereof; an aqueous dispersion (B) that comprises a crystalline polyurethane (b) as a dispersoid thereof; and an aqueous dispersion (C) that comprises a non-crystalline polyurethane (c) as a dispersoid thereof, wherein the crystalline polyolefin (a) is a non-chlorine modified polyolefin, wherein the crystalline polyurethane (b) has a crystal melting heat amount equal to or larger than 3 J/g measured by differential scanning calorimetry, wherein the non-crystalline polyurethane (c) has a crystal melting heat amount smaller than 3 J/g measured by differential scanning calorimetry, and wherein the aqueous dispersion (B) comprises a non-volatile content of 30 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass and the aqueous dispersion (C) comprises a non-volatile content of 20 parts by mass to 80 parts by mass, relative to a non-volatile content of 100 parts by mass of th

Abstract: A toner is provided. The toner contains a polyester resin. The toner has a glass transition temperature (Tg1st) at first temperature rising of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of from 45° C. to 65° C. The toner includes a component insoluble in tetrahydrofuran (THF) having two glass transition temperatures (Tga1st and Tgb1st) at the first temperature rising of DSC, where Tga1st is in a range of ?45° C. to 5° C. and Tgb1st is in a range of 45° C. to 70° C. The toner includes a component soluble in THF having a glass transition temperature (Tg2nd) at second temperature rising of DSC of from 40° C. to 65° C.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrophotographic member having an elastic layer containing graphite particles dispersed in a silicone rubber and having a high thermal conductivity in the thickness direction. The electrophotographic member includes a substrate and an elastic layer on the substrate, the elastic layer containing a cured product of an addition-curable liquid silicone rubber mixture including an addition-curable liquid silicone rubber and graphite particles, and the graphite particles having a DBP oil absorption number of 40 cm3/100 g or more and lower than 80 cm3/100 g.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles including a particulate toner matrix and an external additive adhering to a surface of the particulate toner matrix. The particulate toner matrix includes a crystalline polyester resin. The external additive includes silica particles. The silica particles are secondary particles including primary particles having a diameter in the range of 30 to 90 nm. The secondary particles have an average circularity in the range of 0.25 to 0.50. The secondary particles have an average aspect ratio of 3.0 or more.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrophobic silica powder which is unprecedentedly insensitive to environmental humidity with which electrophotographic toner can possess stable electro static charge that leads to stable quality of printed image. The hydrophobic silica powder has the following physicochemical properties; average primary particle size (D) is 30-2000 nm, B*D<430 nm, while B stands for weight % of adsorbed water vapor on silica (100 weight %) when the partial pressure of water to the equilibrium vapor pressure of water at 25° C. is 80% and D stands for average primary particle size (nm) of the silica powder, B/C<2.7, while C stands for weight % of adsorbed water vapor on silica (100 weight %) when the partial pressure of water to the equilibrium vapor pressure of water at 25° C. is 20%, and carbon content>0.30 wt.-%.

Abstract: Provided is a toner having a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a wax, wherein the solubility parameter SP of the binder resin is at least 9.4 and not more than 10.0; the binder resin contains a resin having a structure represented by the following formula (1) in the terminal position on a main chain of the resin, *—CO—R??formula (1) (in formula (1), R represents a phenyl group or a derivative thereof, or —COOR1, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbons, and * represents a bond to the main chain of the resin); the solubility parameter SW of the wax is at least 8.1 and not more than 9.0; and SP and SW satisfy formula (2), |SP?SW|>0.5??formula (2).

Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a flux having an improved cleaning property by suppressing a carbonization of a flux residue. A flux contains an organic acid, a thixotropic agent, rosin and a solvent wherein a fatty acid monoalkylol amide having 14-20 carbon atoms is contained as the thixotropic agent. The fatty acid monoethanol amide is added in an amount of 3-10% by weight as the thixotropic agent. In addition, a dicarboxylic acid having 10 or less carbon atoms is added in an amount of 4-10% by weight as the organic acid. Moreover, the solvent is added in an amount of 30-60% by weight.

Abstract: A toner includes a binder resin; and a plate-shaped pigment having a silica coated layer on the surface, an average-particle diameter of from 10 ?m to 25 ?m, and an aspect ratio of from 20 to 125.

Abstract: A liquid developer containing toner particles containing a resin binder and a pigment, wherein the toner particles are dispersed in an insulating liquid in the presence of a dispersant, wherein the resin binder contains a polyester resin P having a glass transition temperature of 35° C.

Abstract: A yellow toner that is, even in small amounts, better in reflection density and chroma than ever before. Disclosed is a yellow toner containing a binder resin and a yellow colorant, wherein, as the yellow colorant, a compound A represented by the following general formula (1) and a compound B represented by the following formula (2) are contained, and wherein, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin, a content of the compound A is from 0.5 to 7.5 parts by mass, and a content of the compound B is from 2.5 to 9.

Abstract: Cold pressure fix toner compositions include at least one crystalline polyester having a melting point in a range from about 30° C. to about 130° C., a rosin acid-based polyester resin and an amorphous polyester having a Tg higher than the rosin acid-based polyester. The crystalline polyester can have a melting point in a range from about 30° C. to about 130° C., the rosin acid-based polyester resin can have a Tg in a range from about 0° C. to about ?45° C. and an amorphous polyester having a Tg in a range from about 40° C. to about 70° C. The temperature difference between the rosin acid-based polyester resin and the amorphous polyester resin can be in a range from about 30° C. to about 110° C.

Abstract: A toner includes a toner base particle including a binder resin; a release agent; and an inorganic fine particle, and an external additive. The inorganic fine particle is silica having an average abundance ratio at the surface of the toner base particle of from 70% to 90%. The toner base particle has a BET specific surface area of from 1.0 m2/g to 2.5 m2/g after the external additive is removed from the toner.

Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles; and an external additive containing silica particles and polytetrafluorethylene particles, the silica particles having a compression-aggregation degree of 60% or more and 95% or less and a particle compression ratio of 0.20 or more and 0.40 or less.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: toner particles; first silica particles having an average circularity of 0.9 to 1.0, a particle size distribution index of 1.05 to 1.25, and a compression aggregation degree of 60% to 95%; and second silica particles having an average circularity of 0.9 to 1.0, a particle size distribution index of 1.05 to 1.25, and a compression aggregation degree of 60% to 95%, wherein, when an average primary particle diameter of the first silica particles is set as Da (nm) and an average primary particle diameter of the second silica particles is set as Db (nm), relationships of the following Expressions (A1) to (A3) are satisfied: Expression (A1): 80?Da?120, Expression (A2): 120?Db?200, and Expression (A3): 10?Db?Da?120.

Abstract: A toner comprising: a toner particle containing a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a colorant, and a resin particle fixed to a surface of the toner base particle; and an inorganic fine particle A, wherein the surface of the toner particle has protruded portions originating in the resin particle, an average length (D) of long sides of the protruded portions is 50 nm to 300 nm, an average Height (H) of the protruded portions is 25 nm to 250 nm, the average long-side length and the average height of the protruded portions satisfies a specific relationship, and an average value of a compactness of the inorganic fine particle A is 0.40 to 0.80, and the attachment rate of the inorganic fine particles A is 0.1% to 5.0% by area.

Abstract: A resin composition for forming a recording layer, includes a resin and satisfies the following Expression (1): 20° C.?T1?T10?120° C.,??Expression (1): wherein T1 represents a temperature at which the viscosity of a solid sample of the resin prepared from the resin composition, measured using a flow tester, is 104 Pa·s under an applied pressure of 1 MPa, and T10 represents a temperature at which the viscosity of a solid sample of the resin prepared from the resin composition, measured using a flow tester, is 104 Pa·s under an applied pressure of 10 MPa.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing a toner having no environmental difference in charging performance, and having high stability of images after output of a large number of copies under environments at high temperature and high humidity in a higher-speed one-component developing system, and a method for producing the toner, and the toner comprises a toner particle including a toner base particle containing a binder resin, a colorant and a releasing agent; and a resin particle adhering to the surface of the toner base particle, wherein the resin particle contains a resin A, and the resin A has an ionic functional group and an acid dissociation constant pKa of 7.0 or more and 9.

Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a plurality of toner particles each including a core containing a binder resin and a shell layer covering a surface of the core. The shell layer contains a copolymer of at least two compounds including a compound represented by formula (1) shown below. In the formula (1), R11 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 8, and R12 represents an optionally substituted linear alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 8 and no greater than 22.

Abstract: Provided is a toner containing a binder resin. The binder resin contains a crystalline resin. The toner has a maximum endothermic peak temperature (P1) of from 50° C. to 80° C. and a total endothermic amount (Q) of from 35 J/g to 90 J/g at a first temperature elevation of differential scanning calorimetry. A ratio (Qp/Q) of a total endothermic amount (Qp) of the toner in a temperature range of from 20° C. to the maximum endothermic peak temperature (P1) to the total endothermic amount (Q) of the toner is from 0.65 to 0.83.

Abstract: A toner binder comprising a polyester, the end of which is partially esterified with a monocarboxylic acid and/or a monohydric alcohol, the polyhydric alcohol component of which comprises a C3 alkylene glycol (a21) and an aromatic-ring-bearing diol (a22) at an (a21)/(a22) molar ratio of 5/95 to 70/30, and which has an ester group concentration of 16 to 30 wt % and satisfies a specific relationship between the ester group concentration and the hydroxy value. The toner binder combines low-temperature fixability and storage stability under high-temperature conditions or heat-temperature and -humidity conditions, and exhibits excellent durability.

Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin and at least one type of wax. A dispersed-phase diameter distribution of the wax has a peak at a dispersed-phase diameter in a range from 0.04 ?m to 0.20 ?m and a peak at a dispersed-phase diameter in a range from 1.0 ?m to 5.0 ?m. The wax includes first wax particles each having a dispersed-phase diameter in the range from 0.04 ?m to 0.20 ?m and second wax particles each having a dispersed-phase diameter in the range from 1.0 ?m to 5.0 ?m. A volume ratio of the first wax particles relative to the second wax particles is at least 0.5 and no greater than 1.5.

Abstract: An emulsion aggregation toner composition includes toner particles including: an unsaturated polymeric resin, such as amorphous resins, crystalline resins, and combinations thereof; an optional colorant; an optional wax; an optional coagulant; and a photoinitiator. By optimizing the particle size of the emulsion, the aggregant concentration utilized in the emulsion aggregation process, and the solids content of the emulsion, toners may be produced capable of generating images with non-contact fusing that have high gloss.