Abstract: A method of manufacturing toner including melting, mixing, and kneading a releasing agent and a coloring agent with at least part of a polyester binder resin, and suspending and granulating an oil phase comprising the binder resin, the coloring agent, and the releasing agent in an aqueous medium.

Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner including: a binder resin; a colorant; and a wax, wherein the intensity ratio of an absorbance at 2,850 cm?1 derived from the wax to an absorbance at 828 cm?1 derived from the binder resin, represented by “absorbance derived from the wax/absorbance derived from the binder resin”, is in the range of 0.1 to 0.5, where the absorbances are measured by FTIR-ATR, and the intensity ratio serves as a value for determining the amount of the wax present within 0.3 ?m in depth from surfaces of particles of the toner after the toner has been heated to 140° C. and then cooled, and wherein the toner has a storage elastic modulus of 5,000 Pa or greater at 140° C.

Abstract: To provide a toner A containing: base particles, each containing polyester, microcrystalline wax, and a colorant; and spherical silica particles having an average primary particle diameter of 100 nm to 150 nm, wherein the microcrystalline wax has an onset temperature of 45° C. to 60° C. as determined by DSC, and a carbon number distribution of 25 to 55.

Abstract: A toner including at least one polyester resin serving as a binder resin, a colorant, a releasing agent, and a fixing aid, wherein the fixing aid includes a fatty acid amide-based compound, and the fatty acid amide-based compound is at least one of a fatty acid amide compound having a mono- or higher valent amide bond and a fatty acid amide-based compound having a mono- or higher valent amino group or a hydroxyl group.

Abstract: A toner according to the present invention contains at least a polyester resin as a binder resin, a colorant, a releasing agent, a fixing-assisting component, and a fatty acid, wherein the fixing-assisting component has a melting point of 60° C. to 120° C. and contains at least one of an esterified compound obtained by esterification of the fatty acid and an amide compound obtained by amidation of the fatty acid.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin particle having a volume average particle diameter of 10 nm to 500 nm, obtained by polymerizing an addition polymerizable monomer containing a silsesquioxane (a) represented by Formula (I) or by copolymerizing the silsesquioxane (a) with an addition polymerizable monomer (b), where R1 to R7 each independently represent a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 40 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, and substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl; any hydrogen in the alkyl group is optionally substituted by fluorine and any —CH2— is optionally substituted by —O—, —CH?CH—, cycloalkylene or cycloalkenylene; any hydrogen in alkylene in the arylalkyl group is optionally substituted by fluorine and any —CH2— is optionally substituted by —O— or —CH?CH—; and A1 represents an addition polymerizable functional group.

Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner including: a binder resin; a colorant; and a wax, wherein the intensity ratio of an absorbance at 2,850 cm?1 derived from the wax to an absorbance at 828 cm?1 derived from the binder resin, represented by “absorbance derived from the wax/absorbance derived from the binder resin”, is in the range of 0.1 to 0.5, where the absorbances are measured by FTIR-ATR, and the intensity ratio serves as a value for determining the amount of the wax present within 0.3 ?m in depth from surfaces of particles of the toner after the toner has been heated to 140° C. and then cooled, and wherein the toner has a storage elastic modulus of 5,000 Pa or greater at 140° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to toner compositions containing: toner particles made of: binder resin; colorant; and a wax which is dispersed in the toner particles, where the toner composition satisfies relationship (2): B?394?400A? when 0.950<A??0.965 (2) where A? represents an average circularity of the toner composition, B represents a content of toner particles having a particle diameter not greater than 3 ?m expressed in % by number, and a concentration of the wax at a surface of the toner particles is larger than a concentration thereof in the center of the toner particles.

Abstract: A toner, including a colorant; a binder resin; a release agent; and a fixing supplemental component, wherein the toner has a storage elastic modulus G? (Pa) satisfying the following conditions: 5.0×104<G?<5.0×105 at 80° C. 1.0×104<G?<1.0×105 at 90° C. 5.0×103<G?<5.0×104 at 100° C. 1.0×103<G?<1.0×104 at 120° C. 1.0×103<G?<1.0×104 at 150° C.

Abstract: A magenta toner, produced by a method including suspending an oily liquid comprising a binder resin and a colorant in an aqueous medium, wherein the colorant comprises a naphthol pigment and a quinacridone pigment, and the quinacridone pigment comprises a pigment having a specific formula.

Abstract: To provide a toner A containing: base particles, each containing polyester, microcrystalline wax, and a colorant; and spherical silica particles having an average primary particle diameter of 100 nm to 150 nm, wherein the microcrystalline wax has an onset temperature of 45° C. to 60° C. as determined by DSC, and a carbon number distribution of 25 to 55.

Abstract: A toner containing a wax, wherein the wax has a mass decrease at 165° C. of 10% by mass or less, a molecular chain consisting of C—H bonds and C—C bonds, and a penetration of 5 mm to 25 mm, wherein a product of a ½ method softening point (° C.) of the toner and an amount of the wax on a surface of the toner is 8 to 20, and wherein the toner is obtained by a method including emulsifying or dispersing in an aqueous medium a toner material liquid, which is a liquid containing a toner material, which contains the wax.

Abstract: A toner, including a binder; a colorant; and a wax including a molecular chain constituted of only a C—H bond and a C—C bond, and having a melting point of from 50 to 78° C. and a melt viscosity of from 5 to 15 mPa·S at 140° C., wherein the toner has a weight reduction rate of from 0.001 to 0.1% by weight/min when measured by TGA (Thermogarvimetric Analysis) method in an atmosphere at 165° C. for 10 min.

Abstract: A toner including at least one polyester resin serving as a binder resin, a colorant, a releasing agent, and a fixing aid, wherein the fixing aid includes a fatty acid amide-based compound, and the fatty acid amide-based compound is at least one of a fatty acid amide compound having a mono- or higher valent amide bond and a fatty acid amide-based compound having a mono- or higher valent amino group or a hydroxyl group.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing toner including melting, mixing, and kneading a releasing agent and a coloring agent with at least part of a polyester binder resin, and suspending and granulating an oil phase comprising the binder resin, the coloring agent, and the releasing agent in an aqueous medium.

Abstract: A toner containing a binder, a colorant, and a wax having a molecular chain consisting of C—H bond and C—C bond, wherein the mass reduction of the wax at 165° C. is 10% by mass or less, and the total amount of the wax in the toner measured by a DSC method is 1% by mass to 8% by mass, wherein a ratio, Sbet/SF, of a BET specific surface area (Sbet) of the toner to an average circularity (SF) of the toner is 1.0 m2/g or more to less than 3.6 m2/g, wherein the toner is obtained through a process which contains at least emulsifying or dispersing a toner material liquid in an aqueous medium containing a surfactant, and wherein the toner material liquid is a liquid containing toner-forming materials which contains at least the binder, the colorant and the wax.

Abstract: A toner, including a colorant; a binder resin; a release agent; and a fixing supplemental component, wherein the toner has a storage elastic modulus G? (Pa) satisfying the following conditions: 5.0×104<G?<5.0×105 at 80° C. 1.0×104<G?<1.0×105 at 90° C. 5.0×103<G?<5.0×104 at 100° C. 1.0×103<G?<1.0×104 at 120° C. 1.0×103<G?<1.0×104 at 150° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to toner compositions containing: toner particles made of: binder resin; colorant; and a wax which is dispersed in the toner particles, where the toner composition satisfies relationship (2): B?394?400A? when 0.950<A??0.965 (2) where A? represents an average circularity of the toner composition, B represents a content of toner particles having a particle diameter not greater than 3 ?m expressed in % by number, and a concentration of the wax at a surface of the toner particles is larger than a concentration thereof in the center of the toner particles.

Abstract: A toner composition including toner particles including at least a binder resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner composition satisfies at least one of the following relationships (1) and (2): B?14 when 155<A?180; and B?0.6A?79 when 145?A?155,??(1) wherein A represents a shape factor SF-1 of the toner composition and B represents a content of toner particles having a particle diameter not greater than 3 ?m; and B?14 when 0.920?A??0.950; and B?394?400A? when 0.950<A??0.965??(2) wherein A? represents an average circularity of the toner composition and B represents a content of toner particles having a particle diameter not greater than 3 ?m.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member; a charger; a light irradiator; a developing device; a transfer device; an image bearing member's cleaner; and a fixing device, wherein the fixing device includes a fixing member configured to fix a toner image upon application of heat and pressure thereto; a pressing member configured to press the recording material toward the fixing member; and a cleaning member configured to clean a surface of the fixing member and/or the pressing member, wherein the cleaning member has an outermost layer including a reactive material which increases viscoelasticity of a binder resin of the toner by reacting with the binder resin.