Abstract: A toner image is formed on an intermediate transfer belt using a toner containing a crystalline polyester, and a recording material is interposed between the intermediate transfer belt and a secondary transfer roller having a first layer serving as a surface layer, a second layer formed of a solid layer provided on an inner peripheral side of the first layer, and a third layer formed of a porous elastic layer provided on an inner peripheral side of the second layer, and the toner image is transferred onto the recording material by the secondary transfer roller.

Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer body comprising a layer containing ferroelectric particles, wherein the ferroelectric particles has an average primary particle diameter in the range of 200 nm or less; and when three-dimensional axes of crystal lattices of the ferroelectric particles are a-axis, b-axis, and c-axis, a ratio of lattice constants of the c-axis and the a-axis (c/a) is in the range of 1.006 or more.

Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer body comprising a layer containing ferroelectric particles, wherein the ferroelectric particles has an average primary particle diameter in the range of 200 nm or less; and when three-dimensional axes of crystal lattices of the ferroelectric particles are a-axis, b-axis, and c-axis, a ratio of lattice constants of the c-axis and the a-axis (c/a) is in the range of 1.006 or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a means capable of achieving both excellent image transferability and thin paper separating property in an intermediate transfer belt. An embodiment of the present invention relates to an intermediate transfer belt including a substrate, in which the substrate contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyimide, polyimide-imide, and polyetherimide and highly dielectric inorganic particles subjected to at least one surface treatment selected from the group consisting of a surface treatment with an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, zinc, tin, lead, silicon, zirconium, and titanium and a surface treatment with a coupling agent.

Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer belt for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus including conductor-coated particles in which ferroelectric particles are coated with a conductor.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer member that is used for electrophotographic image formation, includes carbon nanotubes and ferroelectric fillers in a base material layer containing a resin material as a principal component.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer member that is used for electrophotographic image formation, includes carbon nanotubes and ferroelectric fillers in a base material layer containing a resin material as a principal component.

Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer belt for use in an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus, the intermediate transfer belt containing a polyamide-imide, a conductive agent, and a dispersant, the dispersant having a block polymer structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is an intermediate transfer belt used for an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus, wherein the intermediate transfer belt contains a substrate layer and a surface layer; the intermediate transfer belt has a relative dielectric constant of 15 or more, and a volume resistivity at an applied voltage of 100 V in the range of 1.0×105 to 9.0×109 ?·cm under an environment of temperature of 23° C. and humidity of 50% RH; and the surface layer has a relative dielectric constant of 6 or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is an intermediate transfer belt used for an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus, wherein the intermediate transfer belt contains a substrate layer and a surface layer; the intermediate transfer belt has a relative dielectric constant of 15 or more, and a volume resistivity at an applied voltage of 100 V in the range of 1.0×105 to 9.0×109 ?·cm under an environment of temperature of 23° C. and humidity of 50 % RH; and the surface layer has a relative dielectric constant of 6 or less.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes an elastic layer having a thickness of 200 to 300 ?m, and a surface layer. The intermediate transfer belt has an electrostatic capacity per unit area of 13.5 to 14.5 pF/cm2. The electrostatic capacity has a standard deviation of 200 pF or less.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes an elastic layer having a thickness of 200 to 300 ?m, and a surface layer. The intermediate transfer belt has an electrostatic capacity per unit area of 13.5 to 14.5 pF/cm2. The electrostatic capacity has a standard deviation of 200 pF or less.

Abstract: The intermediate transferring belt is to be mounted in an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus. The intermediate transferring belt includes the following, in sequence, a substrate; an elastic layer; and a surface layer. The surface layer has an elongation of 5% or more and a stress of 5MPa or more at an elastic limit determined by a stress-strain curve obtained according to JIS K7161.

Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer member used in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus having a unit of primary-transferring a toner image carried on an electrostatic latent image carrier to an intermediate transfer member, and then secondary-transferring the primary-transferred toner image onto a transfer material from the intermediate transfer member, wherein a surface of the intermediate transfer member has a hardness in the range of 150 to 350 MPa, and an elastic modulus in the range of 200 to 600 MPa, which are measured by a nano indentation method, and also has a hardness of 0.5 to 2.0 MPa specified in terms of universal hardness.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes a base layer, an elastic layer, and a surface layer. The elastic layer is composed of an elastomer composition containing an elastomer and metal oxide particles. At least a portion of a surface of the metal oxide particles is positioned at a surface of the elastic layer. At least the portion is coupling-treated with a metal coupling agent. A radical polymerizable functional group of the metal coupling agent is bonded to a radical polymerizable compound composing the surface layer via radical polymerization.

Abstract: A toner for developing electrostatic images contains a first resin and a second resin. The first resin is a crystalline polyester resin composed of a dicarboxylic acid unit and a dialcohol unit. The first resin has a weight average molecular weight of 5000 to 100000. The second resin has a weight average molecular weight of 5000 to 60000. The second resin is a polyester resin composed of a crystalline segment and an amorphous segment. The crystalline segment has a weight average molecular weight of 200 to 3000 and is composed of a dicarboxylic acid unit and a dialcohol unit. In the toner, a specific carbon number relationship is present between each unit.

Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer member used in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus having a unit of primary-transferring a toner image carried on an electrostatic latent image carrier to an intermediate transfer member, and then secondary-transferring the primary-transferred toner image onto a transfer material from the intermediate transfer member, wherein a surface of the intermediate transfer member has a hardness in the range of 150 to 350 MPa, and an elastic modulus in the range of 200 to 600 MPa, which are measured by a nano indentation method, and also has a hardness of 0.5 to 2.0 MPa specified in terms of universal hardness.

Abstract: An intermediate transferring belt and an image-forming apparatus are shown. The intermediate transferring belt is to be mounted in an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus. The intermediate transferring belt includes the following, in sequence, a substrate; an elastic layer; and a surface layer. The surface layer includes an acrylic resin including a copolymer of a urethane acrylate and one or more acrylates selected from the group consisting of a monofunctional acrylate having an alicyclic structure and a monofunctional acrylate having a heterocyclic structure.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes a base layer, an elastic layer, and a surface layer. The elastic layer is composed of an elastomer composition containing an elastomer and metal oxide particles. At least a portion of a surface of the metal oxide particles is positioned at a surface of the elastic layer. At least the portion is coupling-treated with a metal coupling agent. A radical polymerizable functional group of the metal coupling agent is bonded to a radical polymerizable compound composing the surface layer via radical polymerization.

Abstract: An intermediate transferring belt and an image-forming apparatus are shown. The intermediate transferring belt is to be mounted in an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus. The intermediate transferring belt includes the following, in sequence, a substrate; an elastic layer; and a surface layer. The surface layer has an elongation of 5% or more and a stress of 5 MPa or more at an elastic limit determined by a stress-strain curve obtained according to JIS K7161.