Abstract: A toner is provided. The toner comprises a maleic-acid-modified polyolefin having a polypropylene block in a main chain and having a weight average molecular weight of 60,000 or more.

Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method may comprise applying a coating of electrically charged fluid print agent to a developer surface, the fluid print agent comprising particles of thermoplastic resin in a carrier fluid. The method may further comprise controlling migration of fluid print agent from the developer surface to form an image from fluid print agent on a first surface. The method may further comprise irradiating the print agent on the first surface with ultraviolet radiation to heat the print agent to a temperature of at least 70° C. to melt the thermoplastic resin. A print system and a heating unit are also disclosed.

Abstract: Herein is described a method of providing a printed label. The method comprises: providing a printed label substrate having disposed thereon an electrostatically printed ink; applying a radiation curable overcoat composition to the printed ink, wherein the radiation curable overcoat composition comprises: radiation curable monomers and/or oligomers; a photoinitiator; and an organosilane having at least one hydrolysable group. Printed labels and an ink and overcoat set are also described herein.

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: This invention relates to colored polymer particles preferably with surface functionality for charge retention, a process for their preparation, the use of these particles for the preparation of an electrophoretic device, color electrophoretic displays comprising such particle, and new water-soluble dyes.

Abstract: Provided are flexible piezoelectric generators and methods of manufacturing the same. The piezoelectric generator includes a first insulation layer disposed on a first electrode, a piezoelectric structure disposed on the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer disposed on the piezoelectric structure, and a second electrode disposed on the second insulation layer.

Abstract: A recording medium includes a first substrate; a second substrate; and an image recording layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the image recording layer has insulating properties and multiple cells or microcapsules, each of which encapsulates at least one of electrophoresis particles or magnetophoresis particles, a dispersion medium, and a thermoreversible gelling agent, wherein at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate contains fillers.

Abstract: Provided herein is a surface treatment method of oil contaminated xerographic prints which increases the adhesion of the print to levels close to the values corresponding to the original uncontaminated paper. Subjecting the contaminated surface to corona treatment alone and in combination with ultraviolet (UV) radiation and ozone can change the chemical structure of the surface of the paper in such a way that a highly polar surface is created as a consequence of this treatment, leading to enhanced adhesion properties of the xerographic print.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a curved member that supports a recording medium on which an image is formed by an image forming material that absorbs light and is fixed, and an irradiating portion that irradiates the curved member with light from the recording medium side, wherein the light axis of the light does not intersect with a center axis of the curved member, and is substantially perpendicular to a tangential line in a middle point in a transporting direction of the recording medium in a region of the curved member supporting the recording medium.

Abstract: Toner contains a binder resin, a releasing agent, and a tri- or higher metal salt, wherein the toner has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 7,000 to 10,000, a ratio of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 5 or less, and an acid value of from 6 mgKOH/g to 12 mgKOH/g, wherein the binder resin is a polyester resin, wherein the releasing agent is a monoester wax.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a porous flexible sheet according to the present disclosure includes forming a layer that includes a mixture including thermoplastic resin particles and inorganic particles and thermally fusing the thermoplastic particles to each other and to the inorganic particles while keeping at least a part of clearances between the particles.

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: In the formation of a conductive roller 1, a compound forming an elastomer by curing through an electron beam irradiation or a ultraviolet ray irradiation is applied onto an outside of a shaft member 2 to form an elastomeric coating layer 3R and then the elastomeric coating layer is cured through an irradiation of an electron beam or a ultraviolet ray to form an elastic layer, whereby the elastic layer can be formed cheaply without sacrificing precision of peripheral dimension to largely reduce the cost of the conductive roller.

Abstract: A method is used to provide a toner image with a metallic effect. After forming a latent image, it is developed with metallic dry toner particles to form a developed toner image that is transferred and fixed to a receiver material. Each metallic dry toner particle consists essentially of a polymeric binder phase and non-conductive metal oxide particles. Before fixing, the metallic dry toner particle has a mean volume weighted diameter (Dvol) of at least 15 ?m and up to and including 40 ?m. The non-conductive metal oxide particles are present in an amount of 20-50 weight %. The ratio of the metallic dry toner particle Dvol to the average equivalent circular diameter (ECD) of the non-conductive metal oxide particles in the metallic dry toner particles, before fixing, is greater than 0.1 and up to and including 10.

Abstract: To provide a toner, containing: a binder resin; a colorant; a releasing agent; and a crystalline polyester resin, wherein the toner satisfies the following formulae (1) to (3): 40° C.?X?55° C. Formula (1) 85° C.?Y?92° C. Formula (2) 35° C.?Y?X?50° C. Formula (3) where X is an onset temperature and Y is an endset temperature of an endothermic peak on a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) curve of the toner as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polymer particles comprising a polymer matrix having a coating of an inorganic semimetal oxide or metal oxide, wherein the polymer matrix has at least one first functional group A and at least one second functional group B, both functional groups A and B being able to enter into at least one covalent bond with one another, functional group A being selected from the group consisting of an azide group, C—C double bond, C—C triple bond, aldehyde group, ketone group, imine group, thioketone group and thiol group, and functional group B being selected from the group consisting of a C—C double bond, C—C triple bond, C—N triple bond, diene group, thiol group and amine group.

Abstract: A method of recycling an image forming material comprising the steps of holding a toner image formed by employing toner particles in a toner holding layer formed on an image supporting substrate to form a first generation image print, separating the toner particles from the first generation image print; and recycling the separated toner particles to form a second generation image print by holding a toner image formed by employing the separated toner particles in a toner holding layer formed on an image supporting substrate, provided that the image forming material comprises at least toner particles, wherein Condition (1) 0.9?B/A?0.1 and Condition (2) 1?C/A?0.9 are satisfied, A, B and C representing particle shape factors of original toner particles, toner particles held in the image holding layer of the first generation image print; and separated toner particles, respectively.

Abstract: An image is formed with an electrostatic latent image-developing toner that includes toner base particles and titanium oxide serving as an external additive. The toner base particles containing a binder resin, a colorant, and a charge control agent. The titanium oxide is attached to surfaces of the toner base particles and containing titanium oxide A and titanium oxide B. Each of the titanium oxide A and the titanium oxide B has a predetermined particle diameter and a predetermined volume resistivity. The liberation rate of each of the titanium oxide A and the titanium oxide B in the toner is within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A sheet humidifier which executes a humidifying process to a sheet, the sheet humidifier including: a pair of humidifying rollers each of which has a first surface layer formed of rubber containing plasticizer, the pair of humidifying rollers nipping and conveying the sheet; and two water supply rollers each of which has a second surface layer formed of rubber containing the same kind of plasticizer as the plasticizer of the first surface layer, the two water supply rollers contacting each of the pair of humidifying rollers and supplying water to the each of the pair of humidifying rollers, wherein a hardness of the first surface layer is higher than the second surface layer.

Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner including: a toner particle containing a binder resin having a polyester resin and a coloring agent; and a non-colored particle containing a polyester but not containing a coloring agent and having a shape factor SF1 of not more than 110, wherein an amount of Sn element contained in the non-colored particles is larger than an amount of Sn element contained in the toner particle.

Abstract: The developing method includes developing an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member with a two-component developer including a toner and a carrier and born on at least one developer bearing member, whose surface moves at a linear speed of from 300 mm/sec to 2,000 mm/sec. The carrier includes a particulate core material; and a cover layer located on a surface of the core material and including a crosslinked material obtained by crosslinking a resin including a first unit having a specific tris(trialkylsiloxy) silyl group and a second unit having a specific alkoxysilyl group having a crosslinking ability. Each of the first unit and the second unit is included in the resin in a molar ratio of from 0.1 to 0.9 based on all the units included in the resin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device that permit the production of an optionally multi-colored film in a simple and cost-effective manner. In this method for the production of a film, toner is first applied to a transport belt with the use of at least one printing unit in such a manner that an essentially uninterrupted toner layer is formed on the transport belt. The toner on the transport belt is then heated with at least one first heat source to a temperature above a melting point of the toner and is subsequently cooled to below the melting point of the toner. Finally, the toner is removed from the transport belt as a cohesive material layer. The device comprises a transport belt, at least one printing unit arranged for applying a toner to the transport belt, and at least one heat source.

Abstract: To provide a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, which is free from fogging even by means of a high speed and long operating life machine and which brings about no OPC filming or soiling of components. A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, which contains at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner has silica particles satisfying at least the following (1) to (3) and particles having an electrostatic property antipolar to the silica particles: (1) the average primary particle diameter is at least 60 nm and at most 300 nm, (2) the moisture content is at most 1.0 mass %, and (3) the absolute specific gravity is at least 2.0 and at most 2.4.

Abstract: A first image forming unit includes a first developing unit that develops a latent image, and a second image forming unit includes a second developing unit that develops a latent image. A transfer unit transfers an image formed by at least one of the first and second image forming units onto a recording medium. A controller performs control to form a transfer image on the recording medium through at least one of a first operation and a second operation. In the first operation, images formed by the first and second image forming units are transferred onto the recording medium as transfer images. In the second operation, the image formed by the first image forming unit is transferred onto the recording medium as a transfer image. A stopping unit stops operation of the second developing unit when the number of transfer images formed through the second operation reaches a preset value.

Abstract: A tandem color electrostatographic printer apparatus has five or more color printing stations or modules for applying respective color separation toner images to a receiver member to form a pentachrome color image in a single pass. A fuser station fuses the pentachrome color image. A clear toner overcoat is then applied to the fused pentachrome toner image and enhanced glossing of the image is provided by a belt glosser to improve color gamut.

Abstract: An objective is to provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a protective layer in which no unevenness is generated in a coated layer even though a coating solution containing a large addition amount of metal oxide is coated, mechanical strength of a protective layer is high; productivity is high with long life of the coating solution because of no sedimentation of metal oxide, electrical resistivity and mechanical strength are satisfactory, and metal oxide generating no coated layer defect together with no light scattering caused by dispersion failure is dispersed, and also to provide an image forming method and an image forming apparatus employing the electrophotographic photoreceptor. Also disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor possessing a conductive support, at least a photosensitive layer and a protective layer, wherein the protective layer comprises rutile type titanium dioxide and anatase type titanium dioxide.

Abstract: Provided are a method of forming a toner image and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus including a toner. The method of forming a toner image is performed using a first toner having a yellow color and color coordinate values of a lightness (L) ranging from 91 to 94, a redness (a) ranging from ?11 to ?9, and a yellowness (b) ranging from 77 to 82; a second toner having a magenta color and color coordinate values of a lightness (L) ranging from 56 to 61, a redness (a) ranging from 56 to 61, and a yellowness (b) ranging from ?7 to ?5; and a third toner having a cyan color and color coordinate values of a lightness (L) ranging from 58 to 62, a redness (a) ranging from ?33 to ?30, and a yellowness (b) ranging from ?42 to ?37.

Abstract: Disclosed are undercoat layers comprising a metal oxide, a polymer, and a citrate of Formula (I): wherein R1 is H, alkyl, or COR?; wherein R? is alkyl; and wherein R2, R3, and R4 are independently alkyl. The undercoat layers are useful in imaging members because they are easily separated from the substrate. This reduces the number of steps necessary to reclaim the substrate.

Abstract: Embodiments of an electrophotography device are disclosed.

Abstract: By using a high or low viscosity transparent toner, with respect to the other color toners, and different amounts of transparent toner lay-down, the gloss of an image printed by an electrophotographic device may be adjusted. By also applying the transparent toner as a negative mask, the differential gloss of the image may be reduced while still adjusting the gloss of certain portions of the image. Further, because different gloss levels may appear different at different viewing angles, transparent toner may be laid down to encode a transparent image within the image being printed. Such a transparent image may be useful as, for example, an authentication means for a document. Additionally, by varying the gloss levels on particular aspects of a printed image, multiple images of different gloss levels, which are prominent at different viewing angles can be made, thereby, a three-dimensional image effect can be achieved on the printed page.

Abstract: A two-component developer is provided. The two-component developer includes a toner containing a binder resin, a colorant and a release agent, and a resin-coated carrier composed of a carrier core material and a resin coating layer formed on a surface of the carrier core material. The toner has an exposure rate of the release agent on the toner surface of 1.00% or above and 3.07% or below. The carrier core material has an apparent density of 1.86 g/cm3 or more and 2.45 g/cm3 or less. The exposure rate of the release agent of the toner and the apparent density of the carrier core material satisfy the following formula (1): y??1.54x+5.93 ??(1) wherein y represents the exposure rate of the release agent of the toner, and x represents the apparent density of the carrier core material.

Abstract: Xerographic prints with a toner-based image and an overprint, said overprint based on radiation curable compositions containing a radiation curable oligomer/monomer, at least one photoinitiator and at least one surfactant, are disclosed. The overprints are particularly well-suited for wetting over substrates containing residual fuser oil and reducing or preventing document offset and for protecting xerographic images on substrates subjected to abrasives, heat, and/or sunlight since the compositions protect such images from cracking, fading, and smearing.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image-recording/pixel-forming coloring composition containing a phthalocyanine type colorant having at least one group selected from alkyl and alkyloxy groups (alkylphthalocyanine type colorant). According to the present invention, there can also be provided a coloring composition containing a phthalocyanine type colorant capable of exhibiting excellent properties when used as an image-recording coloring composition or pixel-forming coloring composition, production processes of the phthalocyanine type colorants, a coloring method, and the like.

Abstract: A method of recycling an image forming material comprising the steps of holding a toner image formed by employing toner particles in a toner holding layer formed on an image supporting substrate to form a first generation image print, separating the toner particles from the first generation image print; and recycling the separated toner particles to form a second generation image print by holding a toner image formed by employing the separated toner particles in a toner holding layer formed on an image supporting substrate, provided that the image forming material comprises at least toner particles, wherein Condition (1) 0.9?B/A?0.1 and Condition (2) 1?C/A?0.9 are satisfied, A, B and C representing particle shape factors of original toner particles, toner particles held in the image holding layer of the first generation image print; and separated toner particles, respectively.

Abstract: A color particle is disclosed, comprising a color-exhibitive piece which comprises microparticles for structural color and a matrix and is dispersed in a binder resin, wherein the color particle meets the following requirement: 1.5?A/B?5.0 wherein A is a major axis diameter of the color particle and B is a minor axis diameter of the color particle; and an angle of a longitudinal direction of the color-exhibitive piece to a major axis direction of the color particle falls within a range of ±20 degrees.

Abstract: An image forming method including a process for forming a transparent toner layer on an image formed on a support, the method including steps of supplying a transparent toner on an image on a support, and heating and then cooling the image on the support having the transparent toner while the image on the support having the transparent toner being in contact with a belt, wherein the transparent toner contains a resin constituted by a polyester and a styrene-acryl copolymer, a monoester compound represented by Formula I, and a hydrocarbon compound having at least one of a branched chain structure and a cyclic structure, R1—COO—R2??Formula I wherein, R1 and R2 are each a hydrocarbon group having 13 to 30 carbon atoms which may have a substituent or not, and R1 and R2 are the same or different.

Abstract: A carrier has an impedance Z having a frequency dependence, obtained by alternating current impedance measurement. When the frequency dependence is fitted by a fitting function, parameter ? lies in a range of 0.70 to 0.90 in an electric field of 103 V/cm.

Abstract: A colorant contains a crystal of a compound represented by the following formula (1): the crystal having a crystal form showing main peaks at interplanar spacings d of 3.45±0.5 ?, 3.63±0.5 ?, 4.23±0.5 ?, 6.65±0.5 ?, and 7.84±0.5 ? in powder X-ray diffraction pattern with CuK? radiation.

Abstract: An image forming method is disclosed, the method includes forming a latent image by irradiating an organic photoreceptor by a semiconductor laser or a light emission diode emitting light of a wavelength of from 350 to 500 nm, and developing the latent image by a developer containing a toner to form a toner image, the organic photoreceptor having a surface layer comprising a binder and fluororesin fine particles having an average primary particle diameter of not less than 0.02 ?m and less than 0.20 ?m.

Abstract: Disclosed is a full-color image forming method by which an image exhibiting comfortable image quality reliably suitable for a human visual system can be obtained in such a way that a halftone image exhibiting excellent granularity and evenness thereof is acquired.

Abstract: Provided is a set of toners comprising a yellow toner, a magenta toner, a cyan toner and a black toner for forming a full color image with an electrophotographic method, wherein the yellow toner comprises toner particles containing at east one pigment selected from the group consisting of C. I. Pigment Yellow 74, C. I. Pigment Yellow 139, C. I. Pigment Yellow 180, C. I. Pigment Yellow 185 and C. I.

Abstract: A set of toners comprising a yellow toner, a magenta toner, a cyan toner and a black toner for forming a full color image with an electrophotographic method, wherein the yellow toner comprises toner particles containing at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of C. I. Pigment Yellow 74, C. I. Pigment Yellow 139, C. I. Pigment Yellow 155, C. I. Pigment Yellow 180 and C. I.

Abstract: Disclosed are a toner for developing an electrostatic image, a full color toner kit and an image formation method layer, the toner comprising at least a resin and a colorant, wherein the colorant includes quinacridone pigment having a number average primary particle size of from 30 to 150 nm and having a ratio of a long axis length to a short axis length of from 1.0 to 2.0.

Abstract: An image recording composition including a curable material that is cured upon application of an external stimulus, and a cationic resin having a cationic functional group.

Abstract: An exposure unit which exposes photoconductive drums having rotary axes thereof arranged parallel to each other on a single plane by light beams, includes one or more polygon mirrors each having a plurality of reflection surfaces, where the one or more polygon mirrors rotate about a common rotary axis. Each light beam is deflected by the one or more polygon mirrors and scans the surface of a corresponding photoconductive drum. The common rotary axis is separated from the rotary axes of the photoconductive drums by identical distances along respective normals which are perpendicular to both the common rotary axis and the rotary axes of the photoconductive drums.

Abstract: Disclosed is a toner for developing an electrostatic image, a full color toner kit comprising the toner and an image formation method employing the a full color toner kit, the toner comprising at least a resin and a colorant, wherein the colorant includes C.I. Pigment Blue 60 having a powder X-ray diffraction peak (2?) at 6.3±0.2° and 13.0±0.2°.

Abstract: An image-forming method includes a process in which a toner is supported and transported on the surface of a toner supporting member placed face to face to an electrostatic latent image-supporting member, and electrostatic latent images formed on the electrostatic latent image-supporting member is developed by the toner; and a process in which a two-component developer containing the toner and a carrier is supported on the surface of a developer-supporting member placed face to face to the toner supporting member and the toner is supplied onto the toner-supporting member. The developer includes toner particles containing a binder resin and a colorant; a carrier charging the toner particles in friction-contact with the toner particles; and reverse polarity particles and homopolarity particles respectively charged to polarity reversed to and the same polarity as polarity of the toner particles charged in friction-contact with the carrier.

Abstract: A mixture of bisamine compounds comprising a bisamine compound represented by Formula (1) and a bisamine compound represented by Formula (2): A-X-A??Formula (1) A-X—B??Formula (2) wherein, A and B represent a different substituted amino group represented by Formula (3), X represents a bivalent linkage group: wherein, each of Ara and Arb independently represents an aryl group which may have a substituted group, and Arc represents an arylene group which may have a substituted group, and Ara, Arb and Arc may be combined to form a ring structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic material comprising polymer, at least one charge transfer agent, wherein the charge transfer agent is substantially colourless when neutral, but which develops colour when a charge is acquired, and at least one photo acid generating agent. The present invention further relates to a method of processing thermoplastic material to form a plastic article, wherein the method comprises the step of processing the thermoplastic material at a temperature greater than the melt temperature, Tm, of the thermoplastic, wherein the thermoplastic material comprises polymer and at least one charge transfer agent, wherein the charge transfer agent is substantially colourless when neutral, but which develops colour when a charge is acquired, and at least one photo acid generating agent, and wherein the method further comprising the step of irradiating the plastic article to colour at least a region of the plastic article.

Abstract: An image forming method, including forming an electrostatic latent image on a latent image bearer; forming a thin layer of a toner on a developing roller with a thin-layer forming member; and feeding the toner with the developing roller to the electrostatic latent image to develop the electrostatic latent image, wherein the toner is a pulverized toner, including a binder resin; a wax; and an inorganic particulate material, and wherein the following relationships (1) to (3) are satisfied: 300?v?100??(1) 10?R?5??(2) R2/12?A?150/v??(3) wherein v represents a peripheral speed of the developing roller; R represents a diameter of the developing roller; and A represents an exposure of the wax on the surface of the toner.