A toner comprises toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin, a colorant, a wax and a crystalline polyester. The melting point P(t) of the crystalline polyester is at least 65.0° C. and not more than 80.0° C., and regarding a storage elastic modulus G′ obtained in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of the toner, where G′ at 50° C. is denoted by G′(50), G′ at 80° C. is denoted by G′(80), G′ at 120° C. is denoted by G′(120), and G′ at the melting point P(t) of the crystalline polyester is denoted by G′(t), the following formulas are satisfied: 4.2×10.sup.8 Pa≦G′(50), 3.0×10.sup.2≦G′(50)/G′(80), and G′(t)/G′(120)≦7.0×10.sup.2.

A toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin and a crystalline material, wherein when “a” is an endothermic quantity deriving from the crystalline material in a DSC of the toner and “b” is an endothermic quantity deriving from the crystalline material in a DSC of the toner that has been held for 10 hours in an environment with a temperature of 55° C. and a humidity of 8% RH, the “a” and “b” satisfy a relationship a/b≧0.85; in a dynamic viscoelastic measurement of a non-melt-molded pellet of the toner, the toner has a temperature range A for which G″≦1×10.sup.5 Pa and tan δ<1 are satisfied; and in a dynamic viscoelastic measurement of a melt-molded pellet of the toner, the toner has a temperature range B for which tan δ>1 is satisfied within the temperature range A.

Provided is a toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin and a wax, wherein the wax concentrations near the outermost surface of the toner and in the surface layer region below the outermost surface are controlled, so that the wax moves with high efficiency to near the outermost surface during heating.

The present invention provides a toner having a toner particle that contains a binder resin and an organic silicon polymer, wherein the organic silicon polymer has a specific structure, the proportion of the specific structure to the number of a silicon atom in the organic silicon polymer contained in the toner particle is at least 5.0%, the toner particle contain a polyester resin of from at least 1.0% by mass to less than 80% by mass, and the polyester resin is a specific polymer.

A toner includes a plurality of toner particles containing a binder resin and one or more microcapsules that contain a fragrant material. A ratio of a number of toner particles that contain at least one microcapsule in a region from a surface thereof to 1 μm in depth with respect to a total number of toner particles in the region is equal to or greater than 60%.

According to one embodiment, a colorable material capable of achieving a high image density during coloration is provided. A colorable material according to an embodiment contains: colorable particles including porous particles as a color developing agent composed of an inorganic oxide and a color developable agent carried on the porous particles; and a thermoplastic resin coating the colorable particles.

A toner includes toner particles, each including: a toner base particle including a binder resin, a colorant, and wax; and resin particles on a surface of the toner base particle, wherein Formulae 1 to 3 below are satisfied, where M is a volume average primary particle diameter (nm) of the resin particles, and L is a distance (nm) between the resin particles present next to one another on the surface of the toner base particle:

M<L;  (Formula 1)

5 (nm)<M≤60 (nm); and  (Formula 2)

0.40≤[M (nm)/L (nm)]<0.90.  (Formula 3)

A toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin, a colorant, and inorganic fine particles, in which in a depth profile of an element distribution in a depth region from the outermost surface of a particle to a depth of 500 nm the depth profile being obtained by an element analysis performed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy using the toner as a sample, two or more minimum points of a concentration of a carbon element in the depth region exist, a concentration of an inorganic element becomes a maximum value at a depth position corresponding to each of the minimum points, and the inorganic element is an element derived from the inorganic fine particle.

A toner includes a base particle including a polyester resin and a colorant. A sea-island structure is observed by a transmission electron microscope (TEM) in a cross-sectional image of the toner. The island structure includes the colorant and has an average diameter of from 0.2 μm to 1.0 μm, and the number of the island structure is from 5 to 30.

An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a plurality of toner particles each including a core containing a binder resin and a shell layer covering a surface of the core. The shell layer contains a copolymer of at least two vinyl compounds including a compound represented by the following formula (1). The toner contains a ring unopened oxazoline group in an amount of at least 0.10 μmol/g and no greater than 100 μmol/g.

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