Abstract: A toner for dry developing, containing a colorant, a binder including a modified polyester, and wax particles dispersed in the binder, wherein that portion of the wax particles having a dispersion diameter of 0.1-3 &mgr;m accounts for at least 70% by number of the wax particles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toner useful, for example, for visualizing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member by a method such as electrophotography and electrostatic recording methods. In addition, the present invention also relates, without limitation, to a developer including a toner, a developing method using a toner and a method of preparing the toner.

Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image, comprising toner particles each containing at least a colorant and a resin, and an external additive present on each of the toner particles, wherein the water wettability of said toner particles without the external additive is W0, wherein the water wettability of the toner is W100, and wherein (W100−W0)/W100 is not greater than 0.3.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing toner for electrophotography includes the steps of dissolving or dispersing a toner composition containing a resin and a coloring agent into polymerizable monomers to provide a solution or a dispersed system, emulsifying the solution or the dispersed system with a first surface active agent in an aqueous medium to provide an emulsion, and polymerizing the polymerizable monomers in the emulsion to obtain toner. A second surface active agent having polarity opposite to polarity of the first surface active agent is added after the emulsifying step.

Abstract: A toner composition including toner particles including a binder resin including a modified polyester resin, and a second resin having a weight average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 10,000; a colorant; a release agent; and a particulate material which is present at least a surface portion of the toner particles while embedded into the surface portion, wherein the binder resin has a glass transition temperature not lower than 35° C. and lower than 55° C., and wherein the particulate material has an average particle diameter of from 0.002 to 0.2 times that of the toner particles. A developer including the toner composition and a carrier having a layer thereon which includes at least an acrylic resin and a silicone resin, and a method for fixing an image of the toner composition are also provided.

Abstract: A method of fixing toner in a belt fixing unit having a fixing roller; a heating roller; an endless fixing belt binding the heating roller and the fixing roller under tension therebetween; a pressure roller disposed to face the fixing roller intervening the fixing belt; and a fixing heater disposed inside one of the pressure roller and the heating roller, the method of fixing includes: a step for fixing a toner image on an image fixing material by conveying the toner image on the image fixing material in between a portion of the fixing belt not touching the fixing roller and the pressure roller; featured by the toner particle being spherical having a roundness of 0.96 or more and contains a colorant and resin component containing a modified polyester resin.

Abstract: A color toner which gives a suitable image gloss and has an excellent color reproducibility, which has sufficient anti-offset properties even when a release oil is not coated on a fixing roller or is coated in only a small amount, and which has excellent transfer properties, durability, and charge stability relative to humidity is disclosed. Also, an image-forming apparatus using the color toner and a toner container filled with the color toner are disclosed. The color toner comprises a continuous phase of a resin containing a urea-modified polyester resin; and a modified resin dispersed in the continuous phase, wherein the modified resin contains a release polymer portion containing a release polymer; and a modified portion containing a plurality of vinyl monomer units, the modified portion having an average ester group concentration of 8% by weight to 30% by weight.

Abstract: An improved toner comprises a binder resin comprising a urea-modified polyester resin; a colorant master batch comprising a colorant; a resin; and a pigment dispersant. The toner is prepared by a method comprising dissolving or dispersing toner compositions including a modified polyester resin capable of forming the urea-modified polyester resin and the colorant master batch in an organic solvent to provide a liquid; dispersing the liquid in an aqueous medium including resin fine particles while reacting the modified polyester resin with at least one of a crosslinker and an elongation agent to provide particles; and washing the particles after removing the organic solvent therefrom.

Abstract: A dry toner for developing an electrostatic image, including a toner binder containing a urea-modified polyester. The toner has a volume average particle diameter Dv of 3 to 10 &mgr;m and a number average particle diameter Dp such that the ratio Dv/Dp of the volume average particle diameter to the number average particle diameter ranges from 1.05 to 1.25.

Abstract: A toner for dry developing, containing a colorant, a binder including a modified polyester, and wax particles dispersed in the binder, wherein that portion of the wax particles having a dispersion diameter of 0.1-3 &mgr;m accounts for at least 70% by number of the wax particles.

Abstract: A dry toner including at least a modified polyester as a toner binder, wherein the modified polyester has a main peak in a molecular weight region of 1000 to 30000 in a molecular weight distribution as measured by GPC, contains 1 to 10% of a component having a molecular weight of at least 30000, and has an Mw/Mn ratio of not greater than 15.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrophotographic toner using a polyester resin as a binder and a highly dispersed pigment colorant. The toner gives a high quality image excellent in transparency and chroma (brightness, gloss) and exhibits excellent powder fluidity, anti-offset property, charge stability and transferability.

Abstract: A toner for dry developing, containing a colorant, a binder including a modified polyester, and wax particles dispersed in the binder, wherein that portion of the wax particles having a dispersion diameter of 0.1-3 &mgr;m accounts for at least 70% by number of the wax particles.

Abstract: A dry toner including at least a modified polyester as a toner binder, wherein the modified polyester has a main peak in a molecular weight region of 1000 to 30000 in a molecular weight distribution as measured by GPC, contains 1 to 10% of a component having a molecular weight of at least 30000, and has an Mw/Mn ratio of not greater than 15.

Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image, comprising toner particles each containing at least a colorant and a resin, and an external additive present on each of the toner particles, wherein the water wettability of said toner particles without the external additive is W0, wherein the water wettability of the toner is W100, and wherein (W100−W0)/W100 is not greater than 0.3.

Abstract: A toner comprising:

Abstract: Toner particles including a binder resin; a colorant; and a particulate resin which is present at least on a surface of the toner particles and which has a glass transition temperature of form 50 to 90° C., wherein a ratio (Dv/Dn) of a volume average particle diameter (Dv) of the toner particles to a number average particle diameter (Dn) thereof is from 1.00 to 1.40 and the surface of the toner particles is covered with the particulate resin at a covering ratio of from 1 to 90 %. A method for manufacturing the toner particles is provided. A developer including a toner including the toner particles is provided. A developing method using a toner including the toner particles is provided. A toner container containing the toner particles is provided.

Abstract: A toner composition including toner particles including mother toner particles, which include a binder resin, a colorant and a release agent, and a charge controlling agent which is located on a surface of the mother toner particles and fixed thereon, wherein the toner particles have a spherical degree of from 0.960 to 1.000 and a specific surface area of from 0.70 to 2.5 m2/g. The toner composition optionally includes an external additive which is present on the surface of the toner particles.

Abstract: A dry toner for developing an electrostatic image, including a toner binder containing a urea-modified polyester. The toner has a volume average particle diameter Dv of 3 to 10 &mgr;m and a number average particle diameter Dp such that the ratio Dv/Dp of the volume average particle diameter to the number average particle diameter ranges from 1.05 to 1.25.

Abstract: A dry toner contains fine particles having average sphericity of 0.93 to 0.99, a content of the fine particles having a particle dimeter of 2 &mgr;m or less in the dry toner is 20% by number or less. A method for manufacturing a dry toner includes a process for dispersing in an aqueous medium containing water and a water-soluble organic solvent, a toner composition contained in an organic solvent by using fine solid dispersing agents; and a process for contracting volume of the dispersed toner composition. Further, the image forming apparatus having a photoconductor; a charger for charging the photoconductor; a light irradiator for irradiating the electrophotographic photoconductor to form a latent electrostatic image; a developer for developing the latent electrostatic image to form a developed image; and a transfer for transferring the developed image to a recording material, and the developer contains the dry toner above-mentioned.