Provided is an image forming method using a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image and an electrophotographic photoreceptor, and containing at least a charging step, an exposing step, a developing step and a transferring step, wherein the electrophotographic photoreceptor has a photosensitive layer, and the photosensitive layer contains a triphenylamine derivative having a specific structure as a charge transport material, and the toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains at least titanic acid compound particles as an external additive.

A toner composition having improved toner usage efficiency, wherein toner particles having an average size range of 1-25 μm may be mixed with an extra particulate additive package including a first small silica surface treated with both a silane and an aminosilane having a primary particle size of about 5 nm-20 nm, a second fumed silica having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm, a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm, an electro-conductive titania having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm and an acicular titania having a size of about 1.6 μm to 1.7 μm in length and about 130 nm in diameter. An alternative embodiment of the extra particulate additive package does not include a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm.

A toner composition having improved toner usage efficiency, wherein toner particles having an average size range of 1-25 μm may be mixed with an extra particulate additive package including a first small silica surface treated with both a silane and an aminosilane having a primary particle size of about 5 nm-20 nm, a second fumed silica having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm, a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm, an electro-conductive titania having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm and an acicular titania having a size of about 1.6 μm to 1.7 μm in length and about 130 nm in diameter. An alternative embodiment of the extra particulate additive package does not include a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm.

A toner composition having improved toner usage efficiency, wherein toner particles having an average size range of 1-25 μm may be mixed with an extra particulate additive package including a first small silica surface treated with both a silane and an aminosilane having a primary particle size of about 5 nm-20 nm, a second fumed silica having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm, a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm, an electro-conductive titania having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm and an acicular titania having a size of about 1.6 μm to 1.7 μm in length and about 130 nm in diameter. An alternative embodiment of the extra particulate additive package does not include a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm.

A toner composition having improved toner usage efficiency, wherein toner particles having an average size range of 1-25 μm may be mixed with an extra particulate additive package including a first small silica surface treated with both a silane and an aminosilane having a primary particle size of about 5 nm-20 nm, a second fumed silica having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm, a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm, an electro-conductive titania having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm and an acicular titania having a size of about 1.6 μm to 1.7 μm in length and about 130 nm in diameter. An alternative embodiment of the extra particulate additive package does not include a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm.

A toner composition having improved toner usage efficiency, wherein toner particles having an average size range of 1-25 μm may be mixed with an extra particulate additive package including a first small silica surface treated with both a silane and an aminosilane having a primary particle size of about 5 nm-20 nm, a second fumed silica having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm, a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm, an electro-conductive titania having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm and an acicular titania having a size of about 1.6 μm to 1.7 μm in length and about 130 nm in diameter. An alternative embodiment of the extra particulate additive package does not include a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm.

The toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising: colored resin particles comprising a binder resin, a colorant and a release agent, and an external additive. The colored resin particles further comprise a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer. The styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer comprises an isoprene unit. A content of a fatty acid ester compound having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 500 or more and less than 2,000 as the release agent, is from 2 parts by mass to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin.

The present invention provides a toner for electrostatic-image development comprising color resin particle containing a binder resin, a colorant, a charge control agent, and a thickener, wherein the binder resin is a copolymer including styrene-monomer unit and (meth)acrylate monomer unit, the thickener is a resin containing a nitrogen atom, and the content of nitrogen atom is 150 to 1500 mass ppm in the toner for electrostatic-image development.

A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image includes a plurality of toner particles. Each of the plurality of toner particles includes an additive attached to a surface of the particle, such that, when the plurality of toner particles are measured by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry, an X-ray fluorescence intensity of lanthanum [La] (unit: kcps) and an X-ray fluorescence intensity of strontium [Sr] (unit: kcps) measured by the XRF spectrometry of the toner satisfy the following conditions (1) and (2):
0.2 kcps<[La]<2 kcps   (1),
and
100 kcps<[Sr]<800 kcps   (2).

A toner including a strontium titanate powdery material as an external additive, the strontium titanate powdery material including Si-containing particles on a surface of the strontium titanate powdery material, the Si-containing particles having a number average circle equivalent diameter of 5 nm or more but 15 nm or less.