Abstract: The present invention provides an organic silicone fine particle for latent electrostatic image developing toners, wherein the organic silicone fine particle has a volume average particle diameter of 0.05 ?m to 6.0 ?m which is obtained by measurement based on Coulter principle, and has a hemispherical polysiloxane cross-linked structure. By mixing an appropriate amount of an organic silicone resin particle formed in a deformed shape (a hemispherical shape) in a toner or developer, the present invention prevents movement of the organic silicone resin particle from surface functional sites, the movement caused by a phenomenon such as detachment thereof from a toner surface or rolling movement on the toner surface, by the effect of its shape, and makes it possible to effectively achieve the expected function.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing a carrier including treating a coating layer on a surface of a core material with a polymer precursor in a supercritical fluid and/or a subcritical fluid so as to add the polymer precursor to the coating layer, and subjecting the coating layer to oxidation treatment so as to form a polymer from the polymer precursor in the coating layer, and a carrier produced by the method.

Abstract: A toner containing a binder resin comprising a first binder resin A and a second binder resin B, a coloring agent, and a releasing agent, wherein the first binder resin A is formed by reacting a compound A1 having an active hydrogen group with a resin A2 having a portion reactive with the compound A1 in an organic solvent and the resin A2 is formed by reacting a non-crystalline polyester resin “a” having a polyhydroxy carboxylic acid skeleton in the main chain with a compound having the portion reactive with the compound A1 having an active hydrogen group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a carrier that includes dissolving at least a coating material in carbon dioxide in a liquid state, and forming a coating layer on a core material surface by reducing the solubility of the liquid with at least the coating material dissolved therein through control of at least any one of the pressure and temperature. The present invention also provides a carrier produced by the method for producing a carrier.

Abstract: A toner satisfying at least one of the following relationships: 10° C.<(T1?T2)<60° C. and 0<Q2/Q1<? wherein T1 represents a glass transition temperature of the toner and Q1 represents an endothermic quantity at a melting point thereof before melting when heated from ?20° C. to 150° C. at a heating speed of 10° C./min, and T2 represents a glass transition temperature thereof and Q2 represents a an endothermic quantity at a melting point thereof after melting after heated from ?20° C. to 150° C. at a heating speed of 10° C./min, cooled to ?20° C. at a cooling speed of 10° C./min and heated again at a heating speed of 10° C./min.

Abstract: Toner and a developer which are excellent in cleaning property and fixing property at low temperature, and capable of forming images with high quality are provided. A toner prepared by dispersing and/or emulsifying an oil phase or a monomer phase comprising a toner composition and/or a toner composition precursor in a water-based medium to granulate, wherein the toner has an average circularity of 0.925 to 0.970, and the toner composition and/or the toner composition precursor has a layered inorganic material in which at least a part of interlayer ions in the layered inorganic material has been exchanged with organic ions.

Abstract: A toner, comprising a colorant, a crystalline polyester resin, and an amorphous polyester resin, in which the crystalline polyester resin satisfies the following relations: 60?(T2-cp)<80 (T2-cs2)?(T2-cp)<10 (T2-cp)?(T2-cs1)<10 wherein (T2-cp) (° C.) represents an endothermic peak temperature, (T2-cs1) (° C.) represents a first endothermic shoulder temperature, and (T2-cs2) (° C.) represents a second endothermic shoulder temperature, each determined from a second heating in a differential scanning calorimetry.

Abstract: A toner is provided including a binder resin and a wax having primarily C—H and C—C bonds, and having a melting point of 50 to 90° C., wherein the wax is present in a surface portion of the toner in an amount of from 0.1 to 4.0% by weight, wherein the amount of the wax is determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR); and the use of the toner in an image forming method, image forming apparatus, developer and toner cartridge containing the toner.

Abstract: A toner satisfying at least one of the following relationships: 10° C.<(T1?T2)<60° C. and 0<Q2/Q1<2/3 wherein T1 represents a glass transition temperature of the toner and Q1 represents an endothermic quantity at a melting point thereof before melting when heated from ?20° C. to 150° C. at a heating speed of 10° C./min, and T2 represents a glass transition temperature thereof and Q2 represents a an endothermic quantity at a melting point thereof after melting after heated from ?20° C. to 150° C. at a heating speed of 10° C./min, cooled to ?20° C. at a cooling speed of 10° C./min and heated again at a heating speed of 10° C./min.

Abstract: A toner is provided including a binder resin and a wax having primarily C—H and C—C bonds, and having a melting point of 50 to 90° C., wherein the wax is present in a surface portion of the toner in an amount of from 0.1 to 4.0% by weight, wherein the amount of the wax is determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR); and the use of the toner in an image forming method, image forming apparatus, developer and toner cartridge containing the toner.

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner including: a colorant, and a binder resin, wherein the toner is fixed on a recording medium using a fixing liquid containing a softening agent for softening the toner, and wherein a weight average molecular weight of a THF soluble fraction of the toner in a molecular weight distribution measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is 3,000 to 8,300; and a glass transition temperature of the toner measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is 50° C. to 70° C.

Abstract: A toner including a binder resin comprising a modified polyester having an ester bond and a chemical bond other than the ester bond, and a crystalline polyester; and a release agent comprising a microcrystalline wax comprising a hydrocarbon having 20 to 80 carbon atoms which comprises 55 to 70% by weight of a linear hydrocarbon. The microcrystalline wax has an acid value of from 0.1 to 20 mgKOH/g and a melting point of from 65 to 90° C. The melting point is a temperature at which a local maximum endothermic peak is observed in a differential thermal curve measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The release agent is dispersed in the toner with a dispersion diameter of from 0.06 to 1.50 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a toner, which includes 1) saccharifying paper by at least one of a chemical degradation method and a biochemical degradation method to obtain a sugar-containing solution, 2) subjecting the sugar-containing solution obtained through 1) to lactic acid fermentation to obtain a lactic acid, 3) polymerizing the lactic acid obtained through 2) to obtain a polylactic acid, and 4) producing a toner using the polylactic acid obtained through 3).

Abstract: To provide a toner including: a resin particle (C) containing a first resin (a1), a second resin (a2), and a resin particle (B) to a surface of which the first resin (a1) and the second resin (a2) are attached, wherein the first resin (a1) and the second resin (a2) have mutually different glass transition temperatures, and wherein the resin particle (B) contains a third resin (b) having an amorphous polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton.

Abstract: There are provided: a method for producing a toner containing to granulate a toner and to subjecting the granulated toner to at least washing with an alkali washing solution, in which the total organic carbon amount extractable from the alkali-washed toner is 200 ppm/g or less; a toner comprising polyester in which the total organic carbon amount extractable from the toner is 200 ppm/g or less, under the condition that the toner is subjected to washing with the alkali washing solution before extracting; and an image-forming method using such a toner.

Abstract: Toner and a developer which are excellent in cleaning property and fixing property at low temperature, and capable of forming images with high quality are provided, along with a method for their production. A toner producing method involves dispersing and/or emulsifying an oil phase or a monomer phase containing a toner composition and/or a toner composition precursor in a water-based medium to granulate, wherein the toner has an average circularity of 0.925 to 0.970, and the toner composition and/or the toner composition precursor has a layered inorganic material in which at least a part of interlayer ions in the layered inorganic material has been exchanged with organic ions.

Abstract: A toner including: a first binder resin; a colorant; a releasing agent; and a crystalline organic compound, wherein the first binder resin contains an amorphous polyester resin (a) having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton derived from optically active monomers in a part of a main chain of the amorphous polyester resin, and the polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton has an optical purity X, calculated on the monomer basis, of 80% or less, and the optical purity X is determined from the equation, Optical Purity X (%)=|X (L-form)?X (D-form)| wherein the crystalline organic compound is any one of a crystalline polyester resin (b) and a crystalline low molecular compound having a melting point of 60° C. to 100° C., and being selected from a group consisting of fatty acid having 16 to 24 carbon atoms, alcohol having 16 to 24 carbon atoms, a fatty acid ester compound, and aliphatic carboxylic acid amide.

Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner including a toner particle (C), wherein the toner particle (C) has a structure in which a resin particle (A) containing at least a first resin (a) or a coated film (P) containing the first resin (a) is attached to a surface of a resin-containing particle (B) containing a second resin (b), and wherein the resin (b) includes a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton, and the resin (a) is a polyester resin containing a polybasic acid and a polyhydric alcohol.

Abstract: A method for producing a carrier, including a step of periodically forming and discharging liquid droplets of a carrier core composition liquid from a plurality of nozzles formed in a thin film, using a liquid droplet forming unit having the thin film and a ring-shaped vibration generating unit disposed in a deformable area of the thin film so as to be along a circumference of the area and to vibrate the thin film, a step of forming carrier core particles by solidifying the discharged liquid droplets, and a step of coating the carrier core particles with a resin layer.

Abstract: A toner including a colorant, a thermoplastic resin (a) comprising an amorphous polyester resin having a main chain having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton, and a thermoplastic resin (b) is provided. The toner is manufactured by a method including mixing the colorant with the thermoplastic resin (a) to prepare a preliminary mixture, and mixing the preliminary mixture with the thermoplastic resin (b).