Abstract: A toner comprising toner particles having at least one type of surface additive, the toner particles having an FPIA average circularity of at least 0.95, whereby at least 80% wt of the total amount of surface additives stays onto the surface of the toner particles when an ultrasonic treatment of 4500 to 4700 J/gram of toner is applied; a substrate printed or marked with the above-described toner; and a method for manufacturing a toner, said method including the steps of: mixing a binder resin, a colorant and optionally other additives, thereby forming a mixture, melting, kneading and milling said mixture, thereby obtaining a melted kneaded product, pulverizing said melted kneaded product, adding at least one surface additive before or while bringing the FPIA average circularity of said toner particles to 0.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including a latent image-holding member, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a cleaning unit, and a recycling unit, wherein the developer includes a toner having an external-additive adhesiveness index SA in the range of approximately 50% to approximately 95% and: a carrier containing magnetic particles and a coating layer coating the surface of the magnetic particles and having a total energy of approximately 1,420 to approximately 2,920 mJ; or a carrier containing magnetic powder-dispersed particles and a coating layer coating the surface of the magnetic powder-dispersed particles and having a total energy of, approximately 890 to approximately 1,390 mJ.

Abstract: An image forming method, comprising: forming an electrostatic latent image on a rotatable organic photoreceptor; forming a developing brush with a developing agent containing a toner on a rotatable developing sleeve; and bringing the developing brush in contact with the photoreceptor at a developing region so as to visualize the electrostatic latent image into a toner image. The photoreceptor comprises a conductive support member, an intermediate layer containing a binder resin and inorganic particles which have a number average primary order particle size of 3 to 200 nm, and a photosensitive layer provided on the intermediate layer, and the rotating direction of the developing sleeve is counter to that of the photoreceptor at the developing region.

Abstract: A toner image is formed while a developing sleeve is rotated in a direction counter to that of an organic photoreceptor at the developing section and a developing agent contains toner which contains toner particles having a particle diameter of 0.7×(Dp50) or less in an amount of 8 number % or less and has water content of 0.1 to 2.0 mass % under an environment of 30° C. and 80% RH, where Dp50 represents 50% number % particle diameter of toner particles.

Abstract: A developing method including forming a magnetic brush of a two component developer comprising a toner and a magnetic carrier; and developing an electrostatic latent image with the magnetic brush, wherein the ratio (Anc/At) of the area (Anc) of the carrier-noncontact portion to the area of the development portion in which the electrostatic latent image can be developed by the magnetic brush is from 0.30 to 0.70, and the ratio (Avc/vs) of the average moving velocity (Avc) of carrier particles contacting the image bearing member to the moving velocity (vs) of the surface of the developer bearing member is from 0.8 to 1.1. Alternatively, it is possible that the ratio (Anc/At) is not greater than 0.50 and the ratio (Avc/vs) is from 0.3 to 1.1.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including a latent image-holding member, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a cleaning unit, and a recycling unit, wherein the developer includes a toner having an external-additive adhesiveness index SA in the range of approximately 50% to approximately 95% and: a carrier containing magnetic particles and a coating layer coating the surface of the magnetic particles and having a total energy of approximately 1,420 to approximately 2,920 mJ; or a carrier containing magnetic powder-dispersed particles and a coating layer coating the surface of the magnetic powder-dispersed particles and having a total energy of, approximately 890 to approximately 1,390 mJ.