Abstract: A toner contains a styrene acrylic resin, a block polymer, and an organosilicon polymer, in which the organosilicon polymer has a specific partial structure, the block polymer has a polyester segment and a vinyl polymer segment, the melting point is 55° C. or more and 90° C. or less, the mass ratio of the polyester segment to the vinyl polymer segment is 40/60 to 80/20, and the polyester segment has a specific unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner that exhibits an excellent colorant dispersibility and hence maintains the formation of a high-quality image, that is capable of low-temperature fixing, and that has a satisfactory heat-resistant storability and a satisfactory durability, in which the toner comprising a toner particle that contains a colorant and a binder resin containing a styrene-acrylic resin and a crystalline resin, wherein a compatibility parameter (V) between the styrene-acrylic resin and the crystalline resin satisfies 0.40?V?1.10.

Abstract: Provided is a toner for which the heat-resistant storability and the low-temperature fixability are able to co-exist at higher levels and for which the temporal stability of the low-temperature fixability is also excellent. The toner has a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a pigment, and this binder resin contains a polyester resin that has a specific structure and specific properties.

Abstract: Provided is a toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin and a wax, wherein the wax concentrations near the outermost surface of the toner and in the surface layer region below the outermost surface are controlled, so that the wax moves with high efficiency to near the outermost surface during heating.

Abstract: The toner comprising a toner particle having a core-shell structure that contains a core containing an amorphous resin A and a crystalline resin and a shell containing an amorphous resin B, wherein the amorphous resin A contains a styrene-acrylic resin, the content of the styrene-acrylic resin is at least 50% by mass based on the total mass of the amorphous resin A, a degree of compatibility A between the amorphous resin A and the crystalline resin is at least 50% and not more than 100%, and a degree of compatibility B between the amorphous resin B and the crystalline resin is at least 0% and not more than 40%.

Abstract: A toner includes a toner particle including a surface layer containing an organosilicon polymer. The toner particle contains a styrene acrylic resin and a block polymer that has i) a polyester segment C and a vinyl polymer segment A, the mass ratio C/A of the polyester segment C to the vinyl polymer segment A being 40/60 to 80/20, and ii) a melting point Tm of 55° C. to 90° C. The organosilicon polymer has a partial structure represented by Rf—SiO3/2.

Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a wax, wherein in a cross sectional image of the toner observed with a transmission electron microscope, the toner satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2) 18.0%?As?1.5%??(1) 10.0?Ac/As?2.0??(2) where As represents the proportion for the area taken up by the wax present in the surface layer region having distance 1.0 ?m in a radial direction inward from the surface of the toner, and Ac represents the proportion for the area taken up by the wax present in the inner region positioned further inside than the surface layer region.

Abstract: A toner having a toner particle including a binder resin, wherein the binder resin includes a styrene acrylic resin and a vinyl-modified crystalline polyester resin, the vinyl-modified crystalline polyester resin has a crystalline polyester segment having structures of following i) or a structure of following ii), i) at least two structures selected from the group consisting of a structure derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, a structure derived from an aliphatic diol and a structure derived from an aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid; ii) a structure derived from an aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid; and the vinyl-modified crystalline polyester resin has a specific modification rate.

Abstract: A toner contains toner particles having a surface layer containing an organosilicon polymer. The organosilicon polymer has a particular partial structure. The surface layer has a particular average thickness Dav. The ratio of silicon ions to carbon ions emitted from the toner particles in response to irradiation of the toner particles with primary ions in mapping measurement by FIB-TOF-SIMS is specified.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin containing a styrene acrylic resin and a block polymer, wherein the block polymer has a polyester segment and a vinyl polymer segment and has a melting point of 55° C. to 90° C., the polyester segment has a specific structure and a solubility parameter (SP) value of 9.40 to 9.85, and the vinyl polymer segment has a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 4000 to 15000.

Abstract: Provided is a toner, including a toner particle containing: a binder resin containing a styrene acrylic resin as a main component, a colorant, a hydrocarbon wax, and a wax dispersant, in which: the wax dispersant includes a polymer of a vinyl resin component and a hydrocarbon compound, the vinyl resin component including styrene and one or more kinds of vinyl-based polymerizable monomers except a styrene derivative; and a solubility parameter of the binder resin (A) a solubility parameter of the vinyl resin segment of the wax dispersant (C), and a solubility parameter of the hydrocarbon compound segment of the wax dispersant (D) satisfy the formulae (1) and (2). |A?C|?10.20 ??(1) C?D<1.

Abstract: The toner comprising a toner particle having a core-shell structure that contains a core containing an amorphous resin A and a crystalline resin and a shell containing an amorphous resin B, wherein the amorphous resin A contains a styrene-acrylic resin, the content of the styrene-acrylic resin is at least 50% by mass based on the total mass of the amorphous resin A, a degree of compatibility A between the amorphous resin A and the crystalline resin is at least 50% and not more than 100%, and a degree of compatibility B between the amorphous resin B and the crystalline resin is at least 0% and not more than 40%.

Abstract: A toner particle production method has an annealing step that is performed after the preparation of a resin solution by the dissolution or dispersion, in an organic solvent, of a binder resin having a polyester resin as its major component and a block polymer having a polyester segment and a vinyl polymer segment, and the preparation of a resin particle dispersion in which resin particles are dispersed by a dissolution suspension method, wherein, in this annealing step, the temperature of the obtained resin particle dispersion is held for at least 60 minutes in the temperature range from TgA-15 (° C.) to TmA (° C.), and under the conditions of a temperature variation range of not more than 20° C. and a temperature variation rate of not more than 0.35° C./minute.

Abstract: A toner having good development durability, storage stability, environmental stability, and low-temperature fixability is provided. The toner contains toner particles each including a surface layer that contains an organic silicon polymer. The organic silicon polymer contains a specific unit. In a chart obtained by 29Si-NMR measurement of THF insoluble components of the toner particles, the ratio of a peak area attributable to a specific structure to the total peak area of the organic silicon polymer is 0.40 or more.

Abstract: A toner includes a toner particle including a surface layer containing an organosilicon polymer. The toner particle contains a styrene acrylic resin and a block polymer that has i) a polyester segment C and a vinyl polymer segment A, the mass ratio C/A of the polyester segment C to the vinyl polymer segment A being 40/60 to 80/20, and ii) a melting point Tm of 55° C. to 90° C. The organosilicon polymer has a partial structure represented by Rf—SiO3/2.

Abstract: A toner having a toner particle including a binder resin, wherein the binder resin includes a styrene acrylic resin and a vinyl-modified crystalline polyester resin, the vinyl-modified crystalline polyester resin has a crystalline polyester segment having structures of following i) or a structure of following ii), i) at least two structures selected from the group consisting of a structure derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, a structure derived from an aliphatic diol and a structure derived from an aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid; ii) a structure derived from an aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid; and the vinyl-modified crystalline polyester resin has a specific modification rate.

Abstract: A toner that comprises a toner particle that contains a binder resin that contains a styrene-acrylic resin and a block polymer, wherein the block polymer has a polyester segment and a vinyl polymer segment; the polyester segment is obtained by condensation polymerization of: a monomer (a) selected from a group consisting of a prescribed monomer group A; and a monomer (b) selected from a group consisting of a prescribed monomer group B, and the content in the polyester segment of the substructure originating with the monomer (b) as calculated from the following formula is from at least 1.0 mol % to not more than 30.0 mol %: {monomer (b) [mol]/(monomer (a) [mol]+monomer (b) [mol])}×100.

Abstract: Provided is a toner including a toner particle containing a graft polymer, in which: the graft polymer has a crystalline polyester segment and an amorphous vinyl polymer segment; the crystalline polyester segment has a unit derived from a specific monomer (a) and a unit derived from a specific monomer (b); a content X (mol %) of the unit derived from the monomer (b) calculated from a specific formula is 1.0 mol % or more and 24 mol % or less; and a melting point of the graft polymer is 50° C. or more and 85° C. or less.

Abstract: A toner having good environmental stability, low-temperature fixability, development durability, and storage stability is provided. A toner includes toner particles each including a surface layer that contains an organic silicon polymer. The organic silicon polymer is obtained by polymerizing a compound having a specific structure. The surface layers have a particular average thickness Dav. In mapping by focused-ion-beam time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy, a ratio of silicon ions to carbon ions released from the toner particles upon irradiation of toner particle surfaces with primary ions is a particular value.

Abstract: A toner contains a styrene acrylic resin, a block polymer, and an organosilicon polymer, in which the organosilicon polymer has a specific partial structure, the block polymer has a polyester segment and a vinyl polymer segment, the melting point is 55° C. or more and 90° C. or less, the mass ratio of the polyester segment to the vinyl polymer segment is 40/60 to 80/20, and the polyester segment has a specific unit.