A toner comprising base particles and external additive particles covering the base particles is provided. The base particles comprise a binder resin and a colorant. The external additive particles comprise at least one member selected from the group consisting of fluorine-containing aluminum hydroxide, fluorine-containing boehmite, and fluorine-containing pseudoboehmite.

A process cartridge includes a toner, a regulating member, and a developing roller including a conductive substrate, an elastic layer, and a surface layer which includes a binder resin, a first resin particle having an elastic coefficient of 100 to 10,000 MPa, and a second resin particle having an elastic coefficient of 2 to 50 MPa and in which the outer surface has a first protruded portion and a second protruded portion 5.0 μm or more lower than the first protruded portion and has an average maximum height of 6 to 18 μm. The toner includes a toner particle and an external additive A that is a silica particle having a major diameter of 40 to 400 nm, a surface coverage of the toner particle by the external additive A is 3.0% or more, and a dispersion degree evaluation index D of the external additive A is 2.0 or less.

A process cartridge includes a photosensitive member, a toner, and a developing roller, a surface layer of the photosensitive member has a Martens hardness of 245 to 300 N/mm.sup.2, the developing roller has a single-layered surface layer containing a substrate and a binder resin; when an elastic modulus of the binder resin in a first region is E1, and an elastic modulus of the binder resin in a second region is E2, E1≥200 MPa and 10 MPa≤E2≤150 MPa are satisfied; the elastic modulus in the second region continuously decreases from that in the first region; the toner comprises a toner particle and an external additive A; the external additive A is a silica particle having a major diameter of 40 to 400 nm; and a coverage of the external additive A with respect to surface of the toner particle is 5.0% or more.

A toner comprising: a toner particle including a binder resin; and an external additive, wherein the external additive includes an external additive A which is silica fine particles and an external additive B which is a fatty acid metal salt, the external additive A has a specific particle diameter, a coverage ratio of a surface of the toner particle with the external additive A is from 60% to 80%, and where an average theoretical surface area obtained from a number average particle diameter, a particle size distribution and a true density of the toner particle is denoted by C (m.sup.2/g), an amount of the external additive B is denoted by D (parts by mass) and a coverage ratio of the surface of the toner particle with the external additive B is denoted by E (%), following formulas are satisfied:
0.05≤D/C≤2.00
E/(D/C)≤50.0.

Provided is an electrophotographic member that includes a surface with excellent abrasion resistance and allows toner to have an increased charge amount, thereby eliciting uniform and high transfer efficiency. This electrophotographic member is provided with a surface layer including at least one of an acrylic resin and methacrylic resin, the surface layer further including a positively chargeable charge control agent, wherein a surface of the surface layer is free from a convex portion having a height of more than 15 μm resulting from the charge control agent.

Provided is an electrophotographic member that includes a surface with excellent abrasion resistance and allows toner to have an increased charge amount, thereby eliciting uniform and high transfer efficiency. This electrophotographic member is provided with a surface layer including at least one of an acrylic resin and methacrylic resin, the surface layer further including a positively chargeable charge control agent, wherein a surface of the surface layer is free from a convex portion having a height of more than 15 μm resulting from the charge control agent.

A resin composition includes: a resin having a first group capable of forming at least two hydrogen bonds; and a photoisomerization compound having a second group capable of forming at least two hydrogen bonds complementarily with the first group and having a moiety that is reversibly isomerized by light.

An electrostatic image developing toner includes an amorphous polyester resin, a crystalline polyester resin, and C.I. Pigment Red 57:1, wherein a Net intensity N.sub.Mg of an Mg element, the Net intensity N.sub.Mg of being determined by X-ray fluorescence analysis, is 0.10 kcps or more and 0.40 kcps or less.

According to various embodiments, there is provided a toner composition and a developer. The toner composition includes toner particles including a resin, a colorant; and a surface additive applied to a surface of the toner particles. The surface additive includes polyaniline doped strontium titanate (SrTiO.sub.3).

The toner includes an external additive adhering to the surface of a toner particle. The external additive contains fine powder in which the surface of a core derived by addition of silica to strontium titanate is hydrophobized with a silane compound, and silica.