Abstract: A toner formed of a toner composition containing a resin and a plasticizer, wherein the following relationships (1) and (2) are satisfied: Tg2r>Tg2t??(1), and Tg1t?Tg2t>Tg1r?Tg2r??(2), wherein Tg1r represents the peak of the resin for the first temperature rise and Tg2r represents the peak of the resin for the second temperature rise when a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) measurement is performed for the resin, Tg1t represents the peak of the toner comprising the resin for the first temperature rise and Tg2t represents the peak of the toner comprising the resin for the second temperature rise when a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) measurement is performed for the toner.

Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image, the toner having a core-shell structure, wherein the toner comprises: a colorant; a binder resin; and a filler, and wherein the toner has a flow tester ½ effluent temperature of from 60 to 100° C., and a shell of the toner comprises a thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: To provide a toner which allows low temperature fixation irrespective of the configuration of a fuser, which is excellent in offset resistance, and which provides high image quality at high and low humidities in a stable manner without causing any image defect over time. A toner containing: a binder resin and a colorant; in which the toner contains a THF-soluble component to be dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (THF); the binder resin component contained in the THF-soluble component contains: a vinyl resin unit (I) formed by at least a carboxyl group-containing vinyl resin and an epoxy group-containing vinyl resin and having an epoxy value of 0.001 to 1.

Abstract: To provide a toner prepared by emulsifying or dispersing a solution or dispersion of a toner material in an aqueous medium containing fine resin particles for granulation, wherein at least one of the toner material and the aqueous medium contains a polyalkylene glycol ester compound that is compatible with the fine resin particles and that has a weight average molecular weight of 2,000 or greater.

Abstract: Image forming method comprising a step of fixing a toner image in a fixing device of a contact heating system, wherein the toner comprises a resin which comprises a polyester resin and a styrene-aryl resin and is formed by a process comprising allowing a polyvalent carboxylic acid and a polyvalent alcohol to condensation-polymerize in the presence of a styrene monomer and an acrylic acid ester monomer in an aqueous medium to form the polyester resin and allowing the styrene monomer and the acrylic acid ester monomer to radical-polymerize to form the styrene-acryl resin; the fixing device of a contact heating system comprises a heating roller and a belt-form pressure means.

Abstract: Provided are a toner using a resin having an active hydrogen-containing group, and a method of preparing the toner. The toner using a resin having an active hydrogen-containing group includes a binder resin (A), a cross-linked resin including a THF insoluble content of 99-100 weight %, a colorant, and at least one additive. The cross-linked resin is arranged in the form of a plurality of islands in each particle of the toner.

Abstract: A method of forming an image comprising: (a) developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photoreceptor with an electrophotographic toner so as to obtain a toner image; (b) transferring the toner image on the electrophotographic photoreceptor to a recording paper; and (c) fixing the transferred toner image with a fixing device comprising a belt fixing member having an endless belt, wherein the electrophotographic toner comprises a polymer having a glass transition point of 20 to 40° C.; an interfacial adhesion force (Fr) between the electrophotographic toner and poly(tetrafluoroethylene) is 1 to 3.5 N; and the fixing device comprises a heating roller which is provided at a position apart from a fixing nip area.

Abstract: Provided is magnetic toner including capsule type toner particles each having a surface layer (B) on a surface of a toner base particle (A) containing at least a binder resin (a) mainly formed of a polyester, a magnetic substance, and a wax, in which, the surface layer (B) includes a resin (b), and the resin (b) includes a resin selected from the group consisting of a polyester resin (b1), a vinyl resin (b2), and a urethane resin (b3); a glass transition temperature Tg(a) of the binder resin (a) and a glass transition temperature Tg(b) of the resin (b) satisfy a relationship of Tg(a)<Tg(b); a magnetization (?t) in an external magnetic field of 79.6 kA/m of the magnetic toner is 12 Am2/kg or more and 30 Am2/kg or less; and an average circularity of the toner is 0.960 or more and 1.000 or less.

Abstract: A toner including a binder resin, a coloring agent, and a releasing agent, the toner formed by dispersing a toner liquid material which is prepared by dispersing the binder resin, the prepolymer, an elongation agent and/or a cross-linking agent for the prepolymer, the coloring agent, and the releasing agent in an organic solvent, dispersing the toner liquid material in an aqueous medium to obtain a liquid dispersion in at least one of cross linking reaction and elongation reaction, and removing the organic solvent from the liquid dispersion, and the toner satisfying the following relationship: 1.35< or =M(g)/M(p)< or =1.90, where M(g) represents the content of the gel composition formed in the at least one of cross linking reaction and elongation reaction and M(P) represents the content of the prepolymer in the toner liquid material when the total of M(P) and the content of the binder resin in the toner liquid material is set to be 100 g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder resin for a toner which is used in electrophotography and the like. An objective of the present invention is to obtain a binder resin for a toner containing a crystalline resin which satisfies both excellent low temperature fixing property and excellent offset resistance, a method for producing the binder resin, and a toner using the binder resin. The objective can be achieved by using a binder resin for a toner that is produced by subjecting an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin to melting, kneading and reaction, and is characterized in that it includes a network structure which includes a crystalline resin.

Abstract: A toner including a binder resin comprising a resin (a) comprising a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton formed from an optically-active monomer. The polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton has a weight average molecular weight of from 7,000 to 60,000. The binder resin comprises the polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton in an amount of from 10 to 90% by weight. The optical purity X (%) of the polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton represented by the following formula is 80% or less: X(%)=|X(L-isomer)?X(D-isomer)| wherein X(L-isomer) and X(D-isomer) represent molar ratio (%) of L-isomer and D-isomer of the optically-active monomer, respectively.

Abstract: Toners having toner matrix particles having conductive fine particles, a heat decomposable binder resin and glass frit, and heat decomposable organic resin fine particles attached on the surface of the toner matrix particles. The heat decomposition temperature of the organic resin in the heat decomposable organic resin fine particles is lower than the heat decomposition temperature of the heat decomposable binder resin.

Abstract: The disclosure provides electrophotographic toner and a method of preparing the same. The toner includes a latex, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner has a weight-average molecular weight of about 50,000 to about 80,000; a complex viscosity of about 1×103 to about 5×104 (Pa·s) at a temperature ranging from about 100° C. to about 140° C.; and a storage modulus Pa (dG?) to a loss modulus Pa (dG?) (dG?/dG?) ratio of about 1.10 to about 1.25.

Abstract: To provide a toner recovery apparatus including: a toner transporting duct; and an endless toner transporting belt; wherein the toner transporting belt is rotated in a loop form in such a way that it descends in a region where the outer circumferential surface faces a ceiling surface of the toner transporting duct and that it rises in a region where the outer circumferential surface of the toner transporting belt faces a bottom surface of the toner transporting duct, the toner recovery apparatus transports the residual toner to the outlet by holding the toner by the convex parts, spaces formed between convex parts and the bottom surface of the toner transporting duct, and the toner comprises a binding resin, releasing agent, coloring material and external additive, and torque T (mNm) measured by torque measurement method using a conical rotor in a space ratio of 50% to 60% is 1.0 to 2.5.

Abstract: Provided is a toner including toner particles each containing a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax, and inorganic fine particles, the toner having such a characteristic that a temperature-storage elastic modulus curve at a high frequency shows a characteristic change in its behavior in a specific temperature region with respect to a temperature-storage elastic modulus curve at a low frequency.

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image comprising a releasing agent containing a hydrocarbon, a binder resin, and a colorant, wherein, when an average carbon number of the hydrocarbon is designated as N, the hydrocarbon contains components having a carbon number in the range of (N?10) to (N+10) in an amount of 70% by mass or more in the entire hydrocarbon and has a weight-average molecular weight of 12,000 or more and 25,000 or less, a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image containing the toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, and an image-forming process using the toner for developing an electrostatic latent image.

Abstract: A toner containing a lignin resin, a carbon-neutral biomass polymer having a low environmental load and taking global environmental protection into account, as a constitutional component of a binder resin, and having a wide fixing non-offset range and an excellent fixing property, is provided. The toner contains at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent. Furthermore, in the toner, the binder resin includes a resin A that is a lignin resin and a resin B that is another resin component, and the resin B has a peak top molecular weight of 103 to 104 and an acid number of 20 or less.

Abstract: A toner composition having toner particles comprising a gel latex, a high Tg latex, a wax, and a colorant. The gel latex is present in an amount of from about 3 weight percent to about 30 weight percent of the toner composition, the high Tg latex is present in an amount of from about 50 weight percent to about 95 weight percent of the toner composition, the wax is present in an amount of from about 2 weight percent to about 40 weight percent of the toner composition, and the colorant is present in an amount of from about 1 weight percent to about 25 weight percent of the toner composition.

Abstract: A toner is provided including a colorant; a first binder resin; and a second binder resin, wherein an amount of the first binder resin and an amount of the second binder resin are phase separated from each other in the toner, and wherein a phase of the first binder resin is partially or completely covered with a phase of the second binder resin; and a method of preparing the toner, and a developer, an image forming method, an image forming apparatus, and a process cartridge using the toner.

Abstract: Single component toners are provided with at least one surface additive including a large polymeric spacer, and processes for producing the same. In embodiments, the toner is a non-magnetic single component toner produced by emulsion aggregation methods. The large polymeric spacer additives provide excellent flow characteristics to the resulting toners, and reduce the incidence of clogging failure and print defects such as ghosting, white bands, and low toner density compared with conventionally produced toners.

Abstract: A method for forming toner particles includes polymerizing monomers to form a latex comprising polymer particles; combining the latex with an unsaturated curable resin to form aggregates containing the polymer particles and the unsaturated curable resin particles; and heating the aggregates to form coalesced particles. A toner composition that may be formed by the process described herein contains toner particles containing: (i) a polymer comprising a photoinitiator, (ii) an unsaturated curable resin and, (iii) a colorant.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are toner particles generated by emulsion/aggregation processes. The processes are conducted under conditions that shorten the time for coalescence and post-formation washing, thereby increasing efficiency of the processes as compared to conventional processes.

Abstract: Toner compositions include a non cross linked resin; a cross linked resin or gel; a wax; and a colorant. Processes for preparing a toner include mixing a non-cross linked resin and a cross-linked resin or gel in the presence of a wax, a colorant, and a coagulant to provide toner size aggregates; adding additional non-cross linked latex to the formed aggregates thereby providing a shell over the formed aggregates; heating the shell covered aggregates to form toner; and, optionally, isolating the toner.

Abstract: A toner including toner particles each containing a resin and a colorant, wherein the toner particle has: a region A which contains the colorant and a region B through which more electrons can pass than the region A; and the region A is covered by the region B being within 1 ?m deep from a circumference of the toner particle, when the toner particle is observed in a state of a microscopic segment having a thickness of 80 to 200 nm through a transmission electron microscope at an acceleration voltage of 80 kV.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrophotographic toner and a method of preparing the same. The electrophotographic toner includes latex; a colorant; and a releasing agent. The absolute value of a differential value of complex viscosity with respect to temperature, ( ? ? ? ? T ? ) of the electrophotographic toner in a temperature range of 100° C.-160° C. is in a range of about 0.03 to about 0.06, and complex viscosity (?) of the electrophotographic toner at 140° C. is in a range of about 1.0×102 Pa·s to about 6.0×102 Pa·s.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coloured polymer dispersion containing, as main ingredients: (a) a coloured polymer produced by polymerisation of monomer A with monomer B, monomer A being a pigment B which is coated with a polymerisable wax D wherein the polymerisable function is an ethylenically unsaturated group, monomer B being a ethylenically unsaturated compound; (b) at least one non-ionic surface-active additive E based on polyethers and/or polyglycerines; (c) at least one anionic surface-active additive F based on sulfonates, sulfates, phosphonates, phosphates or carboxylates; and (d) water.

Abstract: A toner including a binder resin, a colorant and a release agent, and satisfying the following relationships (1) and (2): 1.0?FT120/FT160?1.5??(1) wherein FT120 is a maximum tensile strength (N) when a recording medium having the toner unfixed on is vertically separated from the surface of a substrate having a temperature of 120° C. at a constant speed after pressed thereto at a pressure of 100 kPa, and FT160 is same except that the substrate has a temperature of 160° C.; 1.0?FP100/FP200?1.5??(2) wherein FP100 is a maximum tensile strength (N) when a recording medium having the toner unfixed on is vertically separated from the surface of a substrate having a temperature of 160° C. at a constant speed after pressed thereto at a pressure of 100 kPa, and FP200 is same except that the pressure is 200 kPa.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing polyhydroxyalkanoate-containing structure, at least a part of a base material surface of the structure being coated with polyhydroxyalkanoate, the method comprises the steps of immobilizing a polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase on the base material surface, synthesizing, on the base material surface, polyhydroxyalkanoate using a 3-hydroxyacyl coenzyme A to become the substrate of the synthase and the synthase and coating at least a part of the base material surface with the synthesized polyhydroxyalkanoate, wherein the synthase contains an amino acid sequence capable of binding to the base material.

Abstract: A toner including a binder resin, a wax, and a colorant, wherein particles of the wax having a particle diameter of less than 1.00 ?m are included in the toner in an amount of not less than 35% by number and less than 55% by number, and wherein the wax has a particle diameter distribution property such that when particle diameters of particles of the wax are classified into ranges having a width of 0.05 ?m, the wax has a particle diameter mode value that is not less than 0.75 ?m and less than 1.00 ?m; and a fixing method and an image forming method using the above toner.

Abstract: A toner kit including a color toner containing a first binder resin and a coloring agent; transparent and colorless resin particulates comprising a second binder resin, wherein the half effusion temperature of the color toner and the half effusion temperature of the transparent and colorless resin particulates measured by a flow tester satisfy the following relationship: (the half effusion temperature of the color toner measured by the flow tester)?(the half effusion temperature of the transparent and colorless particulates measured by the flow tester)>30° C.

Abstract: A toner for electrophotography containing a resin binder and a colorant, wherein the resin binder contains a polyester in an amount higher than 50% by weight of the resin binder, wherein the polyester is obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component containing 60% by mol or more of an aliphatic diol having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and a carboxylic acid component comprising 80% by mol or more of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid compound, the polyester having an index of crystallinity of from 0.6 to 1.5, and a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or more and less than 40° C. The toner for electrophotography of the present invention can be used for, for example, developing electrostatic latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method, or the like.

Abstract: To provide toner which is capable of suppressing consuming amount of toner and preventing cleaning failure, and even when a high speed printing machine is used, can reduce a problem of e.g. fogging in a long-term use and is excellent in image stability. A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, which comprises toner matrix particles formed in an aqueous medium, wherein the toner has a volume median diameter (Dv50) of from 4.0 ?m to 7.0 ?m; and the relationship between the volume median diameter (Dv50) and the percentage in number (Dns) of toner particles having a particle diameter of from 2.00 ?m to 3.56 ?m satisfies the following formula (1): Dns?0.233EXP(17.3/Dv50)??(1) where Dv50 is the volume median diameter (?m) of the toner, and Dns is the percentage in number of toner particles having a particle diameter of from 2.00 ?m to 3.56 ?m.

Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development comprising a binder resin and a colorant, the toner having a content of an aluminum element with respect to carbon of approximately 0.005 atm % to approximately 0.02 atm % as measured by X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process including a first heating of a latomer mixture including at least one free radical polymerizable monomer, and at least one alkylene anhydride; a second heating of the latomer mixture to form polymeric particles; and combining the polymeric particles with at least one amine.

Abstract: An image formation method including developing a latent image on an image bearing member with a toner containing a coloring agent and a first binder resin; transferring the toner to a recording medium; transferring a fixing helping particle containing a second binder resin to the recording medium; and fixing the toner and the fixing helping particle on the recording medium, wherein the toner and the fixing helping particle satisfy the following relationships: 6 ?m?Dvc?3 ?m Dvc>10×Dvt Sc<St. In the relationships, Dvc represents the volume average particle diameter of the toner, Dvt represents the volume average particle diameter of the fixing helping particle, Sc represents the average circularity of the toner and St represents the average particle diameter of the fixing helping particle.

Abstract: There are provided an economical method capable of obtaining very small resin particles, in particular, resin particles; resin particles produced by the method; a toner and developer containing the resin particles; a developing device; and an image forming apparatus. Spherical particles are produced according to a producing method of spherical particles including a pulverizing step. In the pulverizing step, a dispersion liquid of coarse particles of material to be processed, which includes a polymer dispersant and coarse particles of material to be processed dispersed in a liquid medium is passed through a high-pressure homogenizer having a stepwise pressure release mechanism and thereby coarse particles of material to be processed contained in the dispersion liquid are milled under conditions where the melt viscosity of the dispersion liquid at a time point of passing the nozzle portion of the high-pressure homogenizer may be 5000 cP or less.

Abstract: An electrophotographic toner for electrostatic image development which is capable of obtaining a high chroma full-color image exhibiting clear color without color contamination and excellent light stability is disclosed, comprising a resin and a colorant, wherein the colorant comprises a pigment of C.I. Pigment Blue 76. There are also disclosed a full-color toner kit and an image forming method by use of the toner.

Abstract: A laser toner includes optical effect taggent flakes or other structures in a binder suitable for binding particles to a substrate. Preferably the optical effect taggent structures have a substantially same shape or same indicia within the binder sized to be suitable for laser printing. After printing the flakes or structures become bonded to the substrate they are printed upon and are discernable by viewing with magnification.

Abstract: Provided is anon-magnetic toner including toner particles each containing at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax component, and an inorganic fine powder, in which: (1) when a temperature in a temperature range of 50 to 80° C. at which a loss tangent (tan ?) shows a maximum is represented by T1, a storage elastic modulus of the toner at the temperature T1 (G?(T1)) satisfies a relationship of 5.00×107?G?(T1)?1.00×109 (dN/m2); (2) a continuous temperature range with a width of 15° C. or more in which the loss tangent (tan ?) is 0.80 to 2.00 is present in the temperature range of 50 to 80° C.; and (3) the loss tangent (tan ?) is 1.00 or more in a temperature range of 120 to 160° C.

Abstract: Provided is magnetic toner including capsule type toner particles each having a surface layer (B) on a surface of a toner base particle (A) containing at least a binder resin (a) mainly formed of a polyester, a magnetic substance, and a wax, in which, the surface layer (B) includes a resin (b), and the resin (b) includes a resin selected from the group consisting of a polyester resin (b1), a vinyl resin (b2), and a urethane resin (b3); a glass transition temperature Tg(a) of the binder resin (a) and a glass transition temperature Tg(b) of the resin (b) satisfy a relationship of Tg(a)<Tg(b); a magnetization (?t) in an external magnetic field of 79.6 kA/m of the magnetic toner is 12 Am2/kg or more and 30 Am2/kg or less; and an average circularity of the toner is 0.960 or more and 1.000 or less.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a toner characterized in that the toner comprises a first binder resin and a second binder resin, the first binder resin is an amorphous resin and the second binder resin is a crystalline resin, and the glass-transition temperature of the toner (TgA) is lower than the glass-transition temperature expressed by the following equation (1) (TgC). TgC = ? i = 1 n ? ? b i / ? i = 1 n ? ? ( b i TgB i ) Equation ? ? ( 1 ) In the above equation (1), “TgBi” represents the glass-transition temperature of the amorphous resin, “n” represents the number of amorphous resins, and “b” represents the content of the amorphous resin (part by mass). Examples of the preferred aspect of the present invention includes the one that at least a part of the amorphous resin and a part of the crystalline resin are compatible each other, and the one that the glass-transition temperature of the toner (TgA) is 10° C.

Abstract: A toner includes binder of amorphous polymer material, such as an amorphous polyester material, and a crystalline polymer material, such as a crystalline polyester material, wherein the amorphous polymer material has an acid number that is greater than an acid number of the crystalline polymer material. Further, the toner may have a minimum fusing temperature of from about 75° C. to about 150° C. and a relative humidity sensitivity of from about 0.5 to about 10. A method of making toner particles is also indicated.

Abstract: A toner which takes into account preservation of the global environment and which is excellent in fixability and storage stability and moreover, good in light transmittance and a method for manufacturing the toner, a two-compartment developer, a developing device and an image forming apparatus are provided. In toner including at least a binder resin and a colorant, the binder resin includes a resin which is a major component and a biomass-containing crystalline resin; and the crystalline resin is contained in an amount of 1 part by weight or more and 50 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of the binder resin, and a melting point of the crystalline resin is higher by a temperature of from 5° C. to 10° C. than a temperature at which a loss modulus G? of the toner at a frequency of 1 Hz is 103 Pa.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrostatographic toner having a sulfone charge control agent having the structure X—SO2—Y wherein X is an alkyl or aromatic group and Y is an alkyl or aromatic group. The present invention is also directed to an electorstatographic developer containing the electrostatographic toner having a sulfone charge control agent having the structure X—SO2—Y wherein X is an alkyl or aromatic group and Y is an alkyl or aromatic group and carrier particles.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrostatic charge image developing toner containing external additives possessing at least amorphous silica and a crystallized metal oxide selected from titanium oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, or calcium oxide, wherein the amorphous silica is placed as a nucleus, and the crystallized metal oxide is present on the silica surface.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developer includes a toner containing an external additive and a carrier comprising a resin-coated layer formed on a surface of a core material. The average shape factor SF1 of the toner is from 125 to 135, the number of particles having shape factor SF1 of less than 125 is from 5% to 30% by number with respect to the total number of toner particles, the number of particles having shape factor SF1 of greater than 135 is from 5% to 30% by number with respect to the total number of toner particles, the scratch line width in a scratch strength test of the resin used in the resin-coated layer is from 80 ?m to 200 ?m, and the scratch depth is from 60 ?m to 150 ?m.

Abstract: Provided are a latex process and a toner process, both of which include the preparation of a latex having weight average molecular weight of from about 12×103 to about 24×103. The latex is manufactured under monomer-starved polymerization condition such as monomer feeding rate equal to or less than 0.516% per minute by weight of the monomer(s) to be fed. The toners prepared according to the present disclosure have gained improved properties such as gloss, fusing performance, crease performance, stripping performance, document offset, vinyl offset, and parent charging etc.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor. The electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an organic photoreception layer that is formed on a conductive base and includes at least polycarbonate. An outermost surface of the organic photoreception layer has been subjected to surface treatment using plasma of gas including hydrogen, or hydrogen and nitrogen.

Abstract: Toner compositions provide a resin substantially free of cross linking; a cross linked resin; a wax; a coagulant; and a colorant; wherein the toner composition provides a fused image gloss of about 1 to about 20 gloss units.

Abstract: An electrophotographic toner is disclosed, meeting the requirement that G? (60)/G? (80) is from 1×102 to 1×104, where G? (60) G? (80) are each a storage modulus of the toner at 60° C. and 80° C., respectively; G? (100)/G? (130) is from 1 to 102, where G? (100) and G? (130) are each a storage modulus of the toner at 100° C. and 130° C., respectively; and G? (10-130) is from 5×102 to 1×102 dyn/cm21 where G? (100-130) is a storage modulus of the toner at a temperature of from 100 to 130° C.