Abstract: Toner containing binder resin constituted of plural types of copolymers comprising a vinyl type polymerizing monomer, wherein at least one of the copolymers comprising a vinyl type polymerizing monomer is one formed by utilizing a monomer provided with at least two polar groups.

Abstract: An image forming method comprises: fixing an image formed by a toner on a record sheet in a nip member formed by a pressurizing member which is compressibly contacted against a heating fixing rotor having an elastic body layer formed on an endless periphery surface capable of orbitally moving and which creates locally a large distortion occurred in the elastic body layer in vicinity of outlet thereof, wherein the toner includes at least two metal salts having different valence and has a relationship given by the Formula (1) 2.0?a?0.1 1.0?b?0.01 7.5?a/b?1.1??Formula (1) wherein a (mass %) is defined as a content of a metal salt which is contained at a highest content in total toner mass and b (mass %) is defined as a content of a metal salt which is contained at a second-highest content in the total toner mass, and mass values of a and b represent anhydride reduced values.

Abstract: A toner for developing a static image is disclosed. The toner has carboxyl group in an amount of from 0.1×10?5 to 2.0×10?5 moles/g in a condition that the toner particle is dispersed in water, and an amount of a metal element contained in the toner is from 10 to 5,000 ppm by weight based on the toner.

Abstract: Toner for electrostatic latent image development includes at least a resin, a coloring agent and a crystalline compound, wherein the toner particle has sea-island structure and the crystalline compound is n-paraffin of particular structure.

Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image, includes a toner particle containing a binder resin and a colorant, wherein a Feret's average horizontal diameter of the colorant is from 10 nm to 500 nm, a ratio of the colorant having the Feret's horizontal diameter of from 2 nm to 300 nm is 50% by number or more, and the colorant contains a compound or a lake of the compound.

Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming method is disclosed, which includes the steps of developing an electrostatic image on a electrophotographic photoreceptor by a developer, transferring a toner image formed by the development, and fixing the toner image on a recording medium. It is disclosed that a toner has a volume particle diameter (Dv50) of about 4.4 to about 5.8 ?m and displays two or more endothermic peaks measured by DSC being within the rang of from about 50 to about 73° C. and the endothermic heat amount thereof is from 12.6 to 24.5 J/mg and a transferring member and/or a fixing member constituted by a belt containing a polyimide resin are employed in the method.

Abstract: A toner for electrostatic latent image development includes a coloring agent and a resin wherein the toner is formed by a polymerization method and a content of aromatic amine contained in the toner is 50 ppm or less, and a volume average particle size of the toner is 3 to 8 ?m; and an image forming method employs the same toner.

Abstract: A toner for an electrophotography comprising a resin and a colorant is disclosed. The toner is formed by a process including a step of aggregating resin particles, and the toner comprises a volatile ketone compound in an amount of 4-60 ppm and carnauba wax in toner particles.

Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner is disclosed. The toner has a domain-matrix structure; the average of the horizontal FERE diameter of the part corresponding to said domain is from 200 to 900 nm; and the variation coefficient of said horizontal FERE diameter is 40 percent or less.

Abstract: In a toner for developing electrostatic latent images, average circularity is 0.94-0.98, the average value of the equivalent circular diameter is 2.6-7.4 ?m and the gradient of the circularity to the equivalent circular diameter is from ?0.005 to ?0.001, and an image forming method using the same.

Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming method is disclosed. In the method each of a plurality of toner images formed on the latent image bearing body is sequentially onto an intermediate transfer body, and the transferred image on the intermediate transfer body is transferred to an image forming support, and fixed using a heating roller fixing system, and the toner satisfies ratio (Dv50/Dp50) is from 1.00 to 1.15; ratio (Dv75/Dp75) is from 1.00 to 1.20; and the content ratio of toner having a particle diameter of at most 0.7×(Dp50) is less than or equal to 10 percent by number. Dv50, Dp50, Dv75 and Dp75 are specified in the specification.

Abstract: An image forming method for forming a full color toner image by overlaying four color electrostatic image developing toners of black, yellow, magenta and cyan, wherein at least one of the four color electrostatic image developing toners is a toner containing a large diameter external additive in a larger amount and at least one is a toner containing the large diameter external additive in a smaller amount, in which the primary particle diameter of the large diameter external additive is from 150 nm to 2,000 nm, the content of the large diameter external additive in the toner containing the large diameter external additive in larger amount is from 0.06% by weight to 4.0% by weight and the content of the large diameter external additive in the toner containing the large diameter external additive in the smaller amount is not more than 0.05% by weight.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming color image, in which one of the yellow, magenta, cyan and black toners is a high water content toner, and one of the yellow, magenta, cyan and black toners is a toner low water content toner, water content of the high water content toner is 1.2 to 2.5 % by weight based on the high water content toner, and water content of the low water content toner is 0.1 to 1.2% by weight based on the low water content toner.

Abstract: An image forming method is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of forming a latent image on a latent image carrying member, developing the latent image by a developer containing a toner, transferring the toner image onto an intermediate transfer member, transferring the toner image transferred on the intermediate transfer member onto a image forming support, and fixing the toner image formed on the image forming support, wherein the toner contains a resin and a colorant, and the toner is constituted by toner particles having a variation coefficient of the shape coefficient of not more than 16% and a number variation coefficient of the particle size distribution of not more than 27%.

Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner is disclosed. The toner particles has an average of circularity of 0.94 to 0.98; an average of circle equivalent diameter of 2.6 to 7.4 ?m; and gradient of the circularity with respect to the circle-equivalent diameter of ?0.050 to ?0.010.

Abstract: An image forming method is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of forming a latent image on a latent image carrying member, developing the latent image by a developer containing a toner, transferring the toner image onto an intermediate transfer member, transferring the toner image transferred on the intermediate transfer member onto a image forming support, and fixing the toner image formed on the image forming support, wherein the toner contains a resin and a colorant, and the toner is constituted by toner particles having a variation coefficient of the shape coefficient of not more than 16% and a number variation coefficient of the particle size distribution of not more than 27%.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner having: a toner particle having a colorant and a resin; and a surfactant having two or more anionic groups within one molecule in an amount of 10 ppm to 10,000 ppm.

Abstract: A toner for forming an electrophotographic image is disclosed. The toner particle contains at least two inorganic salts including an inorganic salt comprising a positive ion having a first valence and an inorganic salt comprising a positive ion having a second valence different from the first valence, a total amount of the inorganic salt having the first valence is greatest among the inorganic salts in the toner particle, and a total amount of the inorganic salt having the second valence is second greatest among the inorganic salts in the toner particle.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrostatic image developing toner comprising a coloring agent and toner particles, said toner particles have a matrix-domain structure, and the average of the area of a Voronoi polygon formed by the perpendicular bisecting line between the centers of gravity of domains adjacent to each other in said matrix-domain structure is from 20,000 to 120,000 nm2, and the variation coefficient of the area of said Voronoi polygon is less than or equal to 25 percent. Color image having, particularly good transparency and excellent color difference, can be obtained by the toner which is not affected by a residual material present on the surface of toner particles and does not result in variation of the amount of static charge at high temperature as well as at high humidity or after long leaving without operation.

Abstract: An image forming method in which toner having a an average circularity of 0.94-0.99, and an average equivalent circle diameter of 2.6-7.4 &mgr;m of toner particles is utilized, an electrostatic latent image formed on an image is transferred on a transferring material followed by fixing, wherein non-transferred toner remaining on said image carrying member is collected for reuse for image formation, and non-transferred toner collected is utilized after having been passed through a toner intermediate chamber.