Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image includes a core material particle and a resin layer covering a surface of the core material particle. The resin layer includes a resin and at least one kind of a fine particle. At least one kind of the fine particles includes a chargeable fine particle. The chargeable fine particle has a long diameter of 400 to 900 nm. The chargeable fine particle has a shape factor SF-1 of 160 to 250.

Abstract: An electrophotographic developer is provided. The electrophotographic developer comprises a toner and a carrier. The toner contains alumina particles. The carrier comprises a core particle and a resin layer coating a surface of the core particle. The carrier has a volume average particle diameter (Dv) of from 45 to 70 ?m and a bulk density of from 2.1 to 2.5 g/cm3.

Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image includes a core material particle and a resin layer covering a surface of the core material particle. The resin layer includes a resin and at least one kind of a fine particle. At least one kind of the fine particles includes a chargeable fine particle. The chargeable fine particle has a long diameter of 400 to 900 nm. The chargeable fine particle has a shape factor SF-1 of 160 to 250.

Abstract: A carrier including a resin layer including at least one kind of particles, wherein the at least one kind of the particles are particles of barium sulfate, wherein an amount of Ba detected is 0.3 atomic % or greater in a Ba analysis through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) of the carrier, and wherein circle-equivalent diameters of the particles of the barium sulfate are 400 nm or greater but 900 nm or smaller.

Abstract: A developing device, including: a developer containing toner and carrier; and developer bearer configured to have surface thereof bear the developer and endlessly move, and to develop latent image over surface of latent image bearer by supplying toner in developer to latent image in developing region facing the latent image bearer, wherein carrier contains fine particles, value X in volume resistivity R (=10X) (?·cm) of carrier is 11.5-16.0, developer bearer includes: magnetic field generating unit including a plurality of magnetic poles; and developing sleeve having a cylindrical shape enclosing magnetic field generating unit, and configured to bear developer over outer circumferential surface of cylindrical shape by magnetic force of the magnetic field generating unit and perform surface moving by rotating relative to developing device body, and developing device includes developing sleeve voltage applying unit configured to apply AC component-containing voltage to developing sleeve.

Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic latent image developing white toner, including: a white toner including at least a binder resin, a white pigment, and a release agent; and a magnetic carrier including at least a core material, and a coating layer coating the core material and made of a coating resin and conductive particles, wherein Ra of the magnetic carrier is in a range of from 0.50 ?m to 1.00 ?m, and a bulk density of the magnetic carrier is in a range of from 2.08 g/cm3 to 2.24 g/cm3.

Abstract: A carrier includes a core and a covering layer covering the core and including at least carbon black and a filler. The maximum height Ry of the surface of the carrier is from 4.0 ?m to 5.0 ?m.

Abstract: A carrier for developing electrostatic latent images is provided. The carrier includes a magnetic core particle and a resin layer coating a surface of the magnetic core particle. The resin layer includes a particulate material A having a volume average particle diameter (a) and a particulate material B having a volume average particle diameter (b). The volume average particle diameter (a) of the particulate material A is the largest among volume average particle diameters of all particulate materials included in the resin layer, and an inequation 100?(a)/(b)?5 is satisfied. The particulate material A is barium sulfate.

Abstract: A carrier including a resin layer including at least one kind of particles, wherein the at least one kind of the particles are particles of barium sulfate, wherein an amount of Ba detected is 0.3 atomic % or greater in a Ba analysis through X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy (XPS) of the carrier, and wherein circle-equivalent diameters of the particles of the barium sulfate are 400 nm or greater but 900 nm or smaller.

Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic latent image developing white toner, including: a white toner including at least a binder resin, a white pigment, and a release agent; and a magnetic carrier including at least a core material, and a coating layer coating the core material and made of a coating resin and conductive particles, wherein Ra of the magnetic carrier is in a range of from 0.50 ?m to 1.00 ?m, and a bulk density of the magnetic carrier is in a range of from 2.08 g/cm3 to 2.24 g/cm3.

Abstract: The surface layer of an intermediate transfer belt has a concavo-convex pattern formed thereon by spherical resin particles which are independently embedded in the layer so that the embedment rate in the thickness direction of the layer is higher than 50% but lower than 100%.

Abstract: A carrier for developing electrostatic latent images is provided. The carrier includes a magnetic core particle and a resin layer coating a surface of the magnetic core particle. The resin layer includes a particulate material A having a volume average particle diameter (a) and a particulate material B having a volume average particle diameter (b). The volume average particle diameter (a) of the particulate material A is the largest among volume average particle diameters of all particulate materials included in the resin layer, and an inequation 100?(a)/(b)?5 is satisfied. The particulate material A is barium sulfate.

Abstract: A developing device, including: a developer containing toner and carrier; and developer bearer configured to have surface thereof bear the developer and endlessly move, and to develop latent image over surface of latent image bearer by supplying toner in developer to latent image in developing region facing the latent image bearer, wherein carrier contains fine particles, value X in volume resistivity R (=10X) (?·cm) of carrier is 11.5-16.0, developer bearer includes: magnetic field generating unit including a plurality of magnetic poles; and developing sleeve having a cylindrical shape enclosing magnetic field generating unit, and configured to bear developer over outer circumferential surface of cylindrical shape by magnetic force of the magnetic field generating unit and perform surface moving by rotating relative to developing device body, and developing device includes developing sleeve voltage applying unit configured to apply AC component-containing voltage to developing sleeve.

Abstract: A carrier includes a core and a covering layer covering the core and including at least carbon black and a filler. The maximum height Ry of the surface of the carrier is from 4.0 ?m to 5.0 ?m.

Abstract: A carrier is provided. The carrier includes a particulate magnetic core, and a cover layer located on the surface of the particulate magnetic core and including a resin and a filler. When determined from observation of cross-section of the carrier, the shape factor SF2 of the carrier is from 120 to 160, the ratio of the average domain diameter of the particulate magnetic core to the number average particle diameter of the filler is from 1:1 to 1:0.003, and the area ratio of the filler in the cover layer is from 30 to 85%.

Abstract: A replenishing developer housing container includes: a container body housing a replenishing developer; a conveying portion; a pipe receiving port; and an uplifting portion. The replenishing developer contains a toner and a carrier. The container body includes a protruding portion protruding from a container body interior side of the container opening portion toward one end of the container body and a curving portion curving so as to conform to the protruding portion. The uplifting portion includes an uplifting wall surface extending from an internal wall surface of the container body toward the protruding portion. When the replenishing developer housing container is mounted on the replenishing developer conveying device, the protruding portion is present between the curving portion and the replenishing developer receiving port of a conveying pipe being inserted.

Abstract: A carrier for use in a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image is provided. The carrier includes a particulate magnetic core; and a cover layer located on a surface of the particulate magnetic core and including a resin and a particulate electroconductive material. The carrier has a BET specific surface area of from 0.8 to 1.6 m2/g.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt including a base layer, and an elastic layer on the base layer containing spherical particles on a surface thereof and containing an elastic layer ingredient, wherein the elastic layer contains a fatty acid in an amount of 0.001 parts by mass to 0.040 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the elastic layer ingredient.

Abstract: To provide an intermediate transfer belt for use in an electrophotographic apparatus, including as an outermost surface thereof: uniform convex regions formed by aligning independent spherical resin particles in a surface direction; and depressed regions formed of a lubricant layer which respectively lie between the convex regions.

Abstract: To provide a belt for an image forming apparatus, which contains: a base layer; an elastic layer; and spherical particles, wherein the belt for an image forming apparatus is provided across a plurality of rollers of the image forming apparatus to rotate, wherein the belt for an image forming apparatus has a laminate structure where at least the base layer and the elastic layer are provided in this order, wherein the spherical particles are partially embedded in an exposed surface of the elastic layer, and wherein, relative to a width direction of the belt for an image forming apparatus, a thickness of an edge portion of the belt for an image forming apparatus is 50% to 95% of a thickness of a center portion of the belt for an image forming apparatus, and an edge curling amount of the belt is 4 mm or less.