Abstract: This invention provides a manufacturing method capable of manufacturing core-shall structure particles even when using fine particles manufactured under the conditions of substantially not using a solvent as shell particles and toner containing the fine particles. The method for manufacturing core-shell structure fine particles, includes adding metal salt into an aqueous medium containing shell particles A and core particles B to thereby attach the shell particles A to the surface of each of the core particles B and the toner contains the core-shell structure fine particles. (1) The zeta potential of the core particles B and the zeta potential of the shell particles A are the same polarity. (2) |Zeta potential of the core particles B when adding metal salt|<|Zeta potential of the shell particles A when adding metal salt| (3) (Median diameter based on the volume of the core particles B)>(Median diameter based on the volume of the shell particles A).

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner that exhibits an excellent low-temperature fixability and an excellent ejected paper adhesiveness during high-speed printing, without affecting the long-term storage stability, in which the toner has a toner particle that contains a resin component, wherein the toner has, in a DSC curve measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, a glass transition temperature of at least 50° C. and not more than 65° C. and a cold crystallization peak during cooling of at least 40° C. and not more than 70° C., and has an endothermic peak in a DSC curve measured with a differential scanning calorimeter for the resin component of at least 70° C. and not more than 95° C.

Abstract: A toner, including: a crystalline resin; a non-crystalline resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner has a sea-island structure which includes a sea containing the crystalline resin and an island containing the non-crystalline resin and the colorant, wherein the island is 1.0 ?m or less in domain diameter, and wherein the toner is 1.7×104 Pa or less in storage elastic modulus at 160° C.

Abstract: A toner is manufactured by a dissolution suspension method, wherein a colorant that is capable of being dissolved in a predetermined amount into ethyl acetate is used, and no pigment dispersant is used.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for production of a decolorable toner, including: aggregating dispersed fine particles of a color material comprising at least a color-forming compound, a color-developing agent and a decoloring agent with dispersed fine particles comprising at least a binder resin comprising a polyester resin to form aggregates in an aqueous medium, adding a reactive polymer having an oxazoline group in to the aqueous medium, and fusing the aggregates in the aqueous medium. As a result, it becomes possible to produce a decolorable toner which suppresses the generation of fine powder due to the release of fine particles of an erasable color material from the toner.

Abstract: Toner of one aspect of the present invention has a weight average molecular weight Mw of 30,000?Mw?95,263 as determined from a molecular weight distribution based on GPC, includes a THF-insoluble gel component at a weight proportion of less than 5%, and includes components each having a molecular weight of 500 to 1500 which components have an area occupancy of 4% to 10% on a chart of the molecular weight distribution based on GPC.

Abstract: Toner for electrostatic development in accordance with one aspect of the present invention contains toner base particles produced by subjecting a toner composition containing binder resin, a coloring agent, and wax to melting and kneading and thereafter pulverization and classification, the toner having a volume median particle diameter (D50) of 5.5 to 7.5 ?m, and the toner having particle size distribution in which the toner base particles include 15 to 55% by number of toner base particles of not more than 5 ?m in particle diameter, and include not more than 1.5% by number of toner particles of more than 10 ?m in particle diameter.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes hyperpigmented toner compositions containing a mixture of insulative color pigments, which toners exhibit reduced dielectric loss and improved tribo-charging.

Abstract: A non-magnetic single-component toner includes a toner base particle that contains at least a binder resin and a colorant, and an external additive, wherein the external additive includes an organic particle and an inorganic particle, the binder resin contains at least an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin, an endothermic peak of the crystalline polyester resin obtained by differential scanning calorimetry is from 50° C. to 100° C., the organic particle contains at least one kind selected from a group consisting of higher fatty acid, higher alcohol, fatty acid ester, and fatty acid amide, and the inorganic particle is treated with silicone oil.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles and silica particles, wherein the silica particles have an average equivalent circle diameter of from 70 nm to 400 nm, an average circularity of from 0.5 to 0.9, and a pore volume of from 0.05 cm3/g to 2.5 cm3/g.

Abstract: The present embodiments relate to methods of making a toner composition. More specifically, the present embodiments relate to methods of including a functional material into a toner composition.

Abstract: A toner including: a core particle containing at least a binder resin, a colorant and a releasing agent; and a shell on a surface of the core particle, wherein the toner gives a supernatant having a transmittance of 50% to 95% with respect to light having a wavelength of 800 nm, where the supernatant is formed after 3 g of the toner is added to 40 g of ion-exchange water containing 0.5% by mass of sodium dodecyl sulfate, followed by stirring for 90 min and by irradiating with ultrasonic waves of 20 kHz and 80 W for 5 min, and a liquid containing the toner dispersed therein is centrifugated at 3,000 rpm for 5 min.

Abstract: A toner including a colorant, a resin, and a volatile organic compound in an amount from 1 to 200 ?g/g is provided. The toner has a softening index Ct within a range from 70 to 100° C.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a developing apparatus which is less affected by usage environments, has high development efficiency for long term use and can provide a high quality image without image density non-uniformity. The present invention relates to a developing apparatus wherein a magnetic toner-carrying member has a work function value at the surface thereof within a specific range, a toner regulating member which regulates toner carried on the magnetic toner-carrying member is made of a specific material at a portion contacting the magnetic toner, the magnetic toner has an average circularity of 0.950 or more and the magnetic toner has a surface tension index within a specific range.

Abstract: To provide a toner comprising: a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner has a core shell structure, and wherein the core contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a hybrid resin and a polyester resin, where the hybrid resin is a resin in which a polyester resin and a vinyl resin are chemically bonded to each other, and the shell contains a resin prepared by polymerizing at least a styrene monomer and an ester monomer represented by the following General Formula (1): where, ‘n’ is 2 or 3, ‘X’ is any of 0 to 9, R1 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group, and R2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a phenyl group.

Abstract: A toner comprising an amorphous polyester, a crystalline polyester that is forming domains in the toner, and a colorant that is being dispersed at least in the domains of the crystalline polyester. The toner may be obtained by dispersing an oil phase including the amorphous polyester or a precursor capable of producing the amorphous polyester, the crystalline polyester, the colorant, and an organic solvent, in an aqueous medium to prepare an O/W dispersion, the oil phase; and removing the organic solvent from the O/W dispersion.

Abstract: Processes for continuously coalescing particles from an aggregated particle slurry are disclosed. The aggregated particle slurry is heated, then coalesced by raising the pH. The coalesced particles are homogenized and exit as a coalesced particle slurry. A multi-screw extruder is used for the coalescing. These processes are useful for providing coalesced particles such as toner compositions.

Abstract: A method for preparing a pigment dispersion includes milling a starting pigment dispersion containing a pigment and optionally a carrier and a dispersant with milling media having an average particle size of about 100 ?m or less, until a final pigment dispersion having at least one of a desired pigment average particle size and a desired pigment particle size distribution is obtained; optionally separating the milling media from the final pigment dispersion; and optionally diluting the final pigment dispersion to obtain a desired pigment particle concentration.

Abstract: The presently disclosed embodiments relate generally to image forming systems comprising imaging apparatus members and toner compositions. More specifically, the present embodiments relate to specific toner compositions for use with electrophotographic imaging members comprising an overcoat layer protecting the imaging member surface and a contact type charging device, such as a “bias charge roll” (BCR). The toner compositions comprise a combination of additives that provide an image forming system that does not suffer from the commonly observed deletion and imaging member wear issues.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle including a core particle containing a polyester resin and a coating layer containing a vinyl resin that coats the surface of the core particle, and an external additive that is formed of silica particles having an average circularity of from 0.75 to 0.9 and an average value of ratios of circle equivalent diameters Da obtained by a plane image analysis to the maximum height H obtained by a stereoscopic image analysis of more than 1.5 and less than 1.9.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles, and an external additive containing titanate compound particles having an iron content of from greater than 1200 ppm to 6000 ppm.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin as a binder resin, and by differential scanning calorimetry, which undergoes processes of a first temperature rise, cooling at a rate of ?10° C./min and a second temperature rise, an endothermic peak (1) derived from a resin in which at least the amorphous polyester resin and the crystalline polyester resin are compatible is present in the first temperature rise, an exothermic peak having an intensity of 0.1 J/g or more is not present during the first temperature rise, and at least one exothermic peak (2) is present in a temperature range which is lower than that of the endothermic peak (1) by from 5° C. to 15° C. during the second temperature rise.

Abstract: A fluorescing yellow polymeric toner particle comprises one or more non-fluorescing yellow colorants, and one or more fluorescing yellow colorants having one or more emission peak wavelengths of at least 480 nm and up to and including 600 nm. These fluorescing yellow polymeric toner particles can be used to provide multicolor toner images with increased yellow color gamut.

Abstract: A toner includes a crystalline polyester resin having an unsaturated double bond, a thiol compound having a bi- or more-functional thiol group, and a photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: To provide a toner, containing: a noncrystalline resin; and a crystalline resin, wherein the crystalline resin has a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 to 180,000, wherein a temperature range of the toner, within which a loss tangent (tan ?) as measured by a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is 6 or greater, is 20° C. or greater, and wherein a fixed toner image has 60° glossiness of 30 to 50, where the fixed toner image is obtained by forming an unfixed toner image having a deposition amount of 0.4 mg/cm2 on a recording medium having 60° glossiness of 30 for a measurement, and fixing at temperature at which temperature of the toner image is a lowest temperature of the temperature range +10° C., at 0.15 MPa, for a nipping duration of 50 msec.

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner for electrostatic image development that suppresses the fluctuation of electrostatic charge amount in accordance with environmental fluctuation and has good color reproducibility (wide color gamut), a producing method of the toner, and an image forming method using the toner for electrostatic image development. The toner for electrostatic image development of the invention includes a toner particle that contains at least a binder resin. The toner particle includes a polymer having a structural unit represented by a following general formula (1) as the binder resin. where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or substituted or unsubstituted C1-C2 alkyl group, A represents an oxygen atom or divalent linking group, B represents a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C4 alkyl group, aldehyde group, carboxy group or hydroxy group, and X represents an oxygen atom, nitrogen atom or sulfur atom.

Abstract: Toner contains a binder resin containing one or more kinds of crystalline resin and one or more kinds of non-crystalline resin. The non-crystalline resin located at the surface portion of the toner forms a shell structure of a continuous phase of the non-crystalline resin and the toner has an amount of melting heat of 30 J/g or more in a second temperature rising as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a developing apparatus which is less affected by usage environments, has high development efficiency for long term use and can provide a high quality image without image density non-uniformity. The present invention relates to a developing apparatus wherein a magnetic toner-carrying member has a work function value at the surface thereof within a specific range, a toner regulating member which regulates toner carried on the magnetic toner-carrying member is made of a specific material at a portion contacting the magnetic toner, the magnetic toner has an average circularity of 0.950 or more and the magnetic toner has a surface tension index within a specific range.

Abstract: A toner is provided. The toner includes a crystalline polyester resin (A); and a non-crystalline resin (B). The toner has a viscoelastic property such that the loss tangent (tan ?) defined as a ratio (G?/G?) of loss elastic modulus (G?) to storage elastic modulus (G?) has at least an inflection point or a local maximal point at a temperature ? in a temperature range of from 65° C. to 80° C. while having a local maximal point at a temperature ? in a temperature range of from 75° C. to 90° C., wherein the loss tangent at the temperature ? is from 1.2 to 2.0, and the loss tangent at the temperature ? is from 1.0 to 2.5, wherein the temperature ? is lower than the temperature ?.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing a detachable information sheet includes an image forming device, an applying and curing unit, and a heating and pressing unit. The image forming device includes an image bearing body, an electrostatic latent image forming unit to form an electrostatic latent image on the image bearing body, a development unit to develop the latent image with a toner to form a visible toner image, a transfer unit to transfer the toner image from the image bearing body onto a recording medium, and a fixing unit to fix the toner image on the recording medium. The applying and curing unit applies an energy-ray curable composition precursor onto the recording medium having the toner image fixed thereon, and cures the precursor to form an energy-ray curable composition to coat the recording medium. The heating and pressing unit heats and presses the recording medium coated with the energy-ray curable composition.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a binder resin and a release agent, and when a peak temperature during a first temperature increase and a peak temperature during a second temperature increase, that are obtained by differential scanning calorimetry including performing the first temperature increase at 10° C./min after holding at 10° C., performing cooling at ?10° C./min, performing a heat treatment for 24 hours at 50° C., and performing the second temperature increase at 10° C./min, are represented by Tt1 and Tt2(50° C.), respectively, the following Expression (1) is satisfied: Tt1<Tt2(50° C.).

Abstract: To obtain a toner which has excellent charge rise and stability, tends to have a sharp charge distribution, has excellent pigment dispersion properties, exhibits no disarray in an image even during a high-speed copying operation, and can stably output high-resolution images. A toner comprising toner particle containing a binder resin, a colorant, resin PA, and resin PB, wherein the resin PA has unit A represented by Formula (1), the resin PB has unit B represented by Formula (2), a content “a” of the unit A in the toner particle is 2.00 ?mol/g or more, and a molar ratio b/a of the content “a” and a content “b” of the unit B in the toner particle is 0.10 or more and 10.00 or less.

Abstract: A brilliant toner includes a metallic pigment, and a Fe content in the brilliant toner is from 0.001% by weight to 2% by weight.

Abstract: To provide a toner, which contains silica particles containing first silica particles, and second silica particles, wherein the toner is a toner produced by depositing the silica particles on surfaces of base particles, the first silica particles have an average primary particle diameter of 75 nm to 250 nm, the second silica particles have an average primary particle diameter of 10 nm to 50 nm, a mass ratio of the first silica particles to the base particles is 0.010 to 0.040, a mass ratio of the second silica particles to the base particles is 0.005 to 0.030, a liberation ratio of the silica particles from the toner by a ultrasonic vibration method is 5% by mass to 20% by mass, and an amount of particles having primary particle diameters of 30 nm or smaller in the silica particles librated from the toner by the ultrasonic vibration method is 20% by number or less.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an erasable toner of the present embodiment includes a binder resin, an electron donating coloring agent, an electron accepting developer, and a discoloring temperature regulating agent, in which when measuring for the first time by differential thermal scanning calorimetry, an endothermic peak temperature Tg of the binder resin and an endothermic peak temperature Th of the discoloring temperature regulating agent satisfy Tg<Th and Th?Tg>25° C.

Abstract: A toner or developer is provided having toner particles which exhibit a higher glass transition temperature on their surface than the interior thereof. In one aspect, the toner particles contain a crystalline polyester resin, an amorphous polyester resin and a coloring material, in which the core of the toner particles exhibit the glass transition temperature g of from 30° C. to 45° C. and the surface of the toner particles exhibits the glass transition temperature of from 50° C. to 70° C.

Abstract: A toner including a mother particle and an external additive covering a surface of the mother particle is provided. The mother particle includes a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent. The external additive includes a particulate cellulose having a number average particle diameter within a range of 15 to 105 nm.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles; and an external additive that is externally added to surfaces of the toner particles, in which a content of nitrogen atoms on the surfaces of the toner particles is from 0-8 atomic % to 5.0 atomic % and a content of nitrogen atoms at a depth of 10 nm inside from the surfaces of the toner particles is 0.4 atomic % or less when measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, europium, and bismuth.

Abstract: To provide a toner, containing: a binder resin; a crystalline polyester resin; a colorant; and wax, wherein the toner has a fluidized powder characteristic value of 35% to 45%, and a BET specific surface area of 2.8 m2/g to 4 m2/g, and wherein the toner has an intensity ratio P2850/P828 of 0.10 to 0.20, where P2850 is an intensity of a peak at 2850 cm?1 which is attributed from the wax and the crystalline polyester resin, and P828 is an intensity of a peak at 828 cm?1 which is attributed from the binder resin, as measured by total reflectance infrared spectroscopy.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bio-based, branched polyester resin comprising the condensation product of a hydroxyl donor and a cyclic polyhydroxyl acceptor that may be used with a polyacid to form a polyester which may be used in manufacturing toner for imaging devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polyester toner resin comprising a polyhydroxylated cardanol derivative, that may be used in manufacturing an emulsion aggregation (EA) toner for imaging devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polyester toner resin comprising a polyhydroxylated thymol derivative that may be used in manufacturing an emulsion aggregation (EA) toner for imaging devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bio-based polyester resin comprising a polyacidic furan, including the manufacture of such polyester resin, which resin may be used in manufacturing toner for imaging devices.

Abstract: A toner is prepared by wet granulation methods, including a monoester wax having carbon atoms of from 36 to 46 on average as a release agent. The toner has a DSC endothermic energy amount (?H1) originating from the wax of from 10 to 12 mJ/mg and a DSC endothermic energy amount (?H2) originating from the wax of from 0.6 to 0.9 times as much as ?H1 after a part of the wax is separated by hexane extraction from the toner. The hexane extraction includes mixing 1 g of the toner in 7 ml of n-hexane to prepare a mixture; stirring the mixture at 120 rpm for 1 min by a pot mill to prepare a dispersion; and subjecting the dispersion to suction filtration.

Abstract: A transparent electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a binder resin and a compound represented by the following Formula (1):

Abstract: A toner is provided. The toner includes a crystalline resin and a non-crystalline resin, and has a thermal property such that when the toner is heated after being firstly heated to 60° C. followed by cooling in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), the toner has a clear peak specific to melting of the crystalline resin at a temperature T1, and when the toner is heated after being firstly heated to 80° C. followed by cooling in the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), the toner does not have a clear peak specific to melting of the crystalline resin at a temperature not higher than the temperature T1.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes hyperpigmented toner compositions containing a mixture of insulative color pigments, which toners exhibit reduced dielectric loss and improved tribo-charging.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developer tank which houses two-component developer containing toner and carrier, and a supply unit which supplies the developer tank with supply developer containing toner and carrier, wherein, when the ratio of mass of inorganic fine particles attached to the carrier contained in the two-component developer to mass of the carrier contained in the two-component developer is A, and when the ratio of mass of inorganic fine particles attached to the carrier contained in the supply developer to mass of the carrier contained in the supply developer is B, the following Formula (1) is satisfied: 0.7<B/A<0.96??(1).

Abstract: The present disclosure describes toner comprising a portion of resin comprising a polyethylene terephthalate oligomer.