Abstract: Provision of a toner for developing a latent electrostatic image, including a colorant, a binder resin, and a releasing agent, where molecular weight distribution of THF-soluble components of the toner measured by a GPC is in the range of Mw 4,000 to Mw 11,000, and a peak area of low molecular weight components having a molecular weight of 200 to 500 is 3.2% or less based on the whole peak area.

Abstract: A toner including a colorant, a polyester (I), and an urea-modified polyester is provided. The urea-modified polyester is a reaction product of an isocyanate-modified polyester with an amine. The isocyanate-modified polyester is obtained by modifying a polyester (II) with an isocyanate. The polyester (II) has specific number average molecular weight (Mn) and hydroxyl value [OHV]. The toner can be manufactured by dispersing or emulsifying a toner constituent liquid including the colorant, the polyester (I), and the isocyanate-modified polyester, in an aqueous medium. The toner can be used for a one-component developing device.

Abstract: A toner including particles including a toner composition including a binder resin and a coloring material, wherein the toner composition includes a laminate compound A in which a cation between layers is modified by an organic cation, and a laminate compound B in which an anion between layers is modified by an organic anion, the laminate compound A is of negative charging property upon particulation of the laminate compound A by dispersion or internal addition in the binder resin and the laminate compound B is of positive charging property upon particulation of the laminate compound B by dispersion or internal addition in the binder resin, and the toner is of a positive charging property.

Abstract: A toner for developing a latent electrostatic image produced by suspension polymerizing a polymerizable monomer composition in an aqueous dispersion medium, wherein the polymerizable monomer composition contains a polymerizable monomer, a colorant, and a layered inorganic mineral in which at least a part of an interlayer ion is replaced with an organic ion, and a process cartridge and an image forming method using the toner.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having at least a latent electrostatic image bearing member, and a recharging unit configured to recharge a residual toner remaining on the latent electrostatic image bearing member, wherein after transfer, the residual toner is passed through the recharging unit and is then recovered in a developing device; a charging component of the recharging unit that comes into contact with the latent electrostatic image bearing member is a polymer sheet having a surface roughness (Ra) of 0.12 ?m to 0.51 ?m; the toner contains at least a pigment, a binder resin, and a releasing agent, and contains inorganic fine particles as an external additive, and the amount of the inorganic fine particles and the amount of the releasing agent satisfy three specific Expressions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a non-magnetic toner for use in developing electrostatic toner image, wherein the toner is produced by a toner production method that includes: dispersing in an aqueous medium an organic dispersion liquid that comprises in an organic solvent a pigment, a binder resin and/or a binder resin precursor, and a releasing agent; removing the organic solvent to prepare a dispersion slurry in which toner particles are dispersed in the aqueous medium; heating the dispersion slurry to a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the releasing agent; and washing the toner particles.

Abstract: An image forming method, including recharging untransferred toner remaining on a latent electrostatic image bearing member by using a recharging member to remove the untransferred toner from the latent electrostatic image bearing member, wherein the recharging member is a conductive member a surface of which has a contact angle of 108° or more with pure water and a Shore D hardness of 50 to 65; the coverage of the surface of the toner by an external additive is 150% or less; and a releasing agent peak ratio obtained by ATR method is 0.02 to 0.1.

Abstract: A toner including a fluorine-containing compound partially comprising a quaternary ammonium group at the surface thereof, which is prepared by a method, including dispersing or emulsifying an oil phase including toner constituents including a pigment, and at least one member selected from the group consisting of modified layered inorganic minerals partially including a quaternary alkylammonium group and toner constituent precursors in an aqueous medium, wherein the toner constituents includes the modified layered inorganic mineral in an amount of from 0.05 to 2% by weight and the toner includes a fluorine atom in an amount of from 0.02 to 0.075 K cps when measured with a fluorescent X-ray.

Abstract: A latent electrostatic image developing toner of the present invention is mainly composed of two or more binder resins, a colorant, a releasing agent and a layered compound. A first binder resin of the binder resins is a polyester resin with an acid value of 15 KOHmg/g or less. The layered compound is a compound in which at least some interlayer ions are modified by organic ions. Toner particles are prepared by granulation in an aqueous medium, and the layered compounds are localized in the surface of the particles by the pelletization in the granulation. The average circularity of the particles is 0.970 or more.

Abstract: A toner including a binder resin including a polyester resin and a vinyl resin; a wax; and a colorant, wherein the vinyl resin includes a unit obtained from a radically polymerizable monomer having an alkyloxysilyl group. An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member configured to bear an electrostatic image thereon; a developing device configured to develop the electrostatic image with a developer including the toner to form a toner image on the image bearing member; and a transfer device configured to transfer the toner image onto a receiving material. A process cartridge including an image bearing member; and a developing device configured to develop an electrostatic image on the image bearing member with a developer including the toner, wherein the process cartridge is detachably attached to an image forming apparatus as a unit.

Abstract: A toner including a coloring material, a binder resin and an external additive, wherein a tensile strength A of a toner agglomeration body compressed at a compression force of 1.1 kgf/cm2 is from 10 to 25 gf/cm2 and a tensile strength B of a toner agglomeration body compressed at a compression force of 8 kgf/cm2 is from 25 to 45 gf/cm2 and the tensile strength A and the tensile strength B satisfy the following relationship: (Tensile strength B)?(Tensile strength A)?25 gf/m2.

Abstract: To provide a toner that contains at least a binder resin, a colorant, a releasing agent and zeolite, the toner being manufactured through O/W type wet granulation and having an average circularity of 0.970 or greater, and a developer and image forming method using the toner.

Abstract: A toner including toner particles comprising a binder resin, a coloring agent and a wax. The toner particles are prepared by agglomerating and/or fusing at least two kinds of resin particulates and particles of the coloring agent dispersed in an aqueous medium. A first resin particulate among the at least two kinds of resin particulates contains a resin having a polyester skeleton and the wax. At least 50% by weight of the binder resin is polyester resins.

Abstract: An image forming method, including charging a photoreceptor with a charger contacting thereto; irradiating the photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image thereon; developing the electrostatic latent image with a toner to form a toner image on the photoreceptor; transferring the toner image onto a recording material directly or through an intermediate transferer; and fixing the toner image on the recording material, wherein the toner includes a binder resin; a colorant; a composition having a low softening point; and an external additive, and wherein a surface resistivity Rse [?] of the charger and a volume resistivity Rsw [?·cm] of the composition having a low softening point satisfy the following relationship: 0.8×10?1 Rse<Rvw<1.5×10 Rse.

Abstract: To provide a toner, having: a core and a shell which covers the core, wherein the core at least contains a colorant and a binder resin (A), the shell at least contains a binder resin (B) and a modified-layered inorganic mineral obtained by modifying at least a part of interlayer ions of a layered inorganic mineral with organic ions, the binder resin (A) at least contains a polyester resin, and the binder resin (B) at least contains a vinyl copolymer resin.

Abstract: To provide an image forming apparatus using a toner having inorganic fine particles externally added thereto, wherein a detached ratio R1 of the inorganic fine particles from the non-transferred toner is from 0% to 20%, a detached ratio R2 of the inorganic fine particles from toner passed through the collecting unit is from 20% to 80%, and a ratio of the detached ratio R2 to the detached ratio R1, R2/R1, is 1.5 or more.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition for preventing or treating infectious diseases of a virus belonging to the Coronavirus family or Flavivirus family, the composition containing one or more substances selected from reduced glutathione or oxidized glutathione or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and catechin, and a composition for preventing or treating infectious diseases of a virus belonging to the Coronavirus family or Flavivirus family, the composition containing reduced glutathione or oxidized glutathione or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and catechin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a charge control agent, adapted to control charging ability of resins or compositions containing resins, comprising a copolymer that comprises a polymer block A and a polymer block B, the polymer block A is prepared by copolymerizing a maleimide, which being unsubstituted or substituted for a hydrogen atom of an imide group by an electron-donating group, and styrene or a styrene derivative, and the polymer block B is formed of a polymer of styrene or a styrene derivative.

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner which is obtained by dissolving and/or dispersing in an organic solvent a toner material that includes at least a functional group-containing modified polyester resin capable of undergoing an elongation reaction and/or a crosslinking reaction with an active hydrogen group-containing compound, a vinyl resin, a releasing agent, and a colorant to prepare a toner solution, then emulsifying and/or dispersing the toner solution in an aqueous medium to prepare an emulsified dispersion, and allowing the functional group-containing modified polyester resin to undergo an elongation reaction and/or a crosslinking reaction with the active hydrogen group-containing compound in the aqueous medium, wherein the vinyl resin is concentrated near the surface of the toner.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing non-magnetic toner which is excellent in fixing property and charge property and capable of inhibiting occurrence of scumming, as well as an image forming apparatus and a process cartridge using the non-magnetic toner. A non-magnetic toner comprising: a toner base particle which comprises a binding resin, and a colorant; and external additives, wherein a surface of the toner base particle contains at least a resin having at least silanol group, and the external additives contain at least particles composed of silicon oxide.