Patent classifications
G03G9/0821
CARRIER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
A carrier for developing an electrostatic image includes a magnetic particle and a resin layer with which the magnetic particle is coated and which contains silica particles having an average particle diameter of 50 nm or more and 200 nm or less. In the carrier, a silicon element ratio Si1 in a region in which a distance from a surface of the resin layer in a direction toward an inside is 0.1 μm or more and 0.2 μm or less and a silicon element ratio Si2 in a region in which a distance from a surface of the magnetic particle in a direction toward the surface of the resin layer is 0.0 μm or more and 0.1 μm or less satisfy formula 1-1 and formula 2-1 below.
0.005≤Si1≤2 Formula 1-1
1≤Si1/Si2≤1000 Formula 2-1
TONER
A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, wherein the toner particle further comprises a compound represented by a following formula (1) and a pigment having a quinacridone structure;
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where, in the formula (1), R represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 4 to 22 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 to 4.
TONER MANUFACTURING METHOD AND TONER
A toner manufacturing method includes a first step of filtering toner particles obtained by a wet manufacturing method, a second step of squeezing the toner particles and making water pass through the toner particles, and a third step of squeezing the toner particles and ventilating compressed air through the toner particles, in which Condition (1) and Condition (2) are satisfied,
Condition (1): a temperature T of the water passing through the toner particles in the second step satisfies “10° C.≤T≤35° C.”; and
Condition (2): a squeezing pressure P1 in the second step and a squeezing pressure P2 in the third step satisfy “0.2 MPa≤P1<P2≤0.8 MPa”.
ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER AND ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER
An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle including a binder resin and a colorant. The net intensity N.sub.S of sulfur included in the toner particle and the total net intensity N.sub.A of an alkali metal and an alkaline-earth metal included in the toner particle, which are measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis, satisfy 1.0<N.sub.S/N.sub.A<22.0.
ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER AND ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle that contains a binder resin having an acid value of 5 mgKOH/g or more and 25 mgKOH/g or less, and a pigment having an isoindoline skeleton, in which a total Net intensity N.sub.A of an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal, which is measured by fluorescent X-ray analysis, in the toner particle is 1.50 kcps or more and 4.00 kcps or less.
ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
An electrostatic charge image developer contains: a toner containing a toner particle and an external additive; and a carrier containing a magnetic particle and a resin layer covering the magnetic particle; and the toner particle has a surface property index value of 1.0 or more and less than 2.0; and the carrier has a surface having a ratio B/A of a surface area B to a plane view area A of 1.020 or more and 1.100 or less, the plane view area A and the surface area B being obtained by three-dimensional analysis of the surface of the carrier.
ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin and a releasing agent, and the following requirement (1) is satisfied in cross section observation of the toner particle: requirement (1): the number of a releasing agent domain having a long diameter of 500 nm or more and 1,000 nm or less is 7 or more on average per toner particle.
ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an external additive including a silica particle having a circularity of more than 0.5 and. 0.9 or less and a volume average particle diameter of more than 100 nm and 300 nm or less, in which a total Net intensity N.sub.A of an alkali metal element and an alkaline earth metal element in the toner particle measured by fluorescence X-ray analysis is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.20 kcps or less.
ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
An electrostatic charge image developer containing: a toner containing a toner particle and an external additive; and a carrier containing a magnetic particle and a resin layer covering the magnetic particle, in which the toner particle has a surface property index value of 2.0 or more and 2.8 or less; and the carrier has a surface having a ratio BIA of a surface area B to a planar view area A of 1.020 or more and 1.100 or less, the planar view area A and the surface area B being obtained by three-dimensional analysis of the surface of the carrier.
ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin. In a differential scanning calorimetry curve of the toner particles, Tg1 is 58° C. or more and 68° C. or less, and Tg1−Tg2 is 20° C. or more and 40° C. or less, where Tg1 is a lowest onset temperature in an endothermic change during a first temperature increase, and Tg2 is a lowest onset temperature in an endothermic change during a second temperature increase.