A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes: performing first aggregation that involves, in a dispersion containing first amorphous resin particles, aggregating at least the first amorphous resin particles; performing second aggregation that involves, in a dispersion that contains second amorphous resin particles and first aggregated particles obtained by aggregating the first amorphous resin particles, aggregating the second amorphous resin particles around the first aggregated particles; and heating a dispersion that contains second aggregated particles obtained by aggregating the second amorphous resin particles around the first aggregated particles so as to fuse and coalesce the second aggregated particles and form toner particles, in which a volume-average particle diameter DB of the second amorphous resin particles is smaller than a volume-average particle diameter DA of the first amorphous resin particles, and the first amorphous resin particles have a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or higher, and the second amorphous resin particles have a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or higher and 63° C. or lower.

A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes: aggregating at least resin particles contained in a dispersion by using an aluminum aggregating agent to form aggregated particles; heating and fusing the aggregated particles to form fused particles; cooling a dispersion containing the fused particles to obtain a toner particle dispersion; and adjusting a pH of the toner particle dispersion to 8 or more and 11 or less.

A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes aggregating at least resin particles and releasing agent particles contained in a dispersion to form aggregated particles; heating and fusing the aggregated particles to prepare a dispersion containing fused particles; and cooling the dispersion containing the fused particles to a temperature equal to or lower than a temperature 30° C. lower than an endothermic peak onset temperature derived from a releasing agent that constitutes the releasing agent particles, in which, in the cooling, the dispersion is cooled at a rate of 30° C./min or more and 130° C./min or less.

A method for producing a conductive liquid electrophotographic ink composition is described, the method comprising: heating a polymer resin in a carrier fluid to dissolve the polymer resin; adding conductive metallic pigment particles to be coated to the carrier fluid; cooling the carrier fluid to effect precipitation of the polymer resin from the carrier fluid such that a coating of the resin is at least partially formed on the conductive metallic pigment particles; reheating the suspension of partially coated conductive metallic pigment particles in the carrier fluid; and cooling the carrier fluid at a controlled rate to effect precipitation of the polymer resin from the carrier fluid such that a coating of the resin is formed on the conductive metallic pigment particles, thereby producing the conductive liquid electrophotographic ink composition.

Fluorescent magenta latexes are provided which may comprise water and fluorescent agent-incorporated resin particles, the particles comprising a resin, Solvent Red 49 as a red fluorescent agent, and Solvent Yellow 98 as a yellow fluorescent agent, wherein the fluorescent magenta latex has a weight ratio of the Solvent Red 49 to the Solvent Yellow 98 in a range of from 3:1 to 10:1. Fluorescent magenta toners and methods of making and using the fluorescent magenta toners are also provided.

Fluorescent orange latexes are provided which comprise water and fluorescent agent-incorporated resin particles, the particles comprising a resin, Solvent Red 49 as a red fluorescent agent, and Solvent Yellow 98 as a yellow fluorescent agent, wherein the fluorescent orange latex has a weight ratio of the Solvent Yellow 98 to the Solvent Red 49 in a range of from 20:1 to 0.5:1. Fluorescent orange toners and methods of making and using the fluorescent orange toners are also provided.

A high opacity white ink containing a mica-based mineral with titania is provided. A method of manufacturing the high opacity white ink is also provided.

Provided is a method for producing a toner particle including a step of condensing a raw slurry by using a decanter-type centrifugal separator, in an aqueous medium. The step of condensing the raw slurry is carried out under following conditions: a centrifugal force is at least 500 G and less than 4000 G and a temperature is at least Tg−10° C. and not more than Tg+10° C. And a ratio of a colored particles in condensed slurry is within a prescribed range.

An electrostatic-image developing toner includes toner particles each including a polyester resin and a styrene (meth)acrylic resin. In a micro-compression test where a load of 0.2 mN is applied to the toner particles at a loading rate of 0.098 mN/sec, the median of a distribution of the ratios (%) of deformations of the toner particles to the diameters of the toner particles is 8.0 or more and 18.0 or less, and a variation in the distribution of the ratios of deformations of the toner particles to the diameters of the toner particles is 0.02 or more and 0.40 or less.

A toner comprising a toner particle containing a pigment, a resin A and a resin B, wherein the pigment is a pigment having a structure derived from a basic compound, the resin A has an acidic functional group, the resin B has an acid value of at least 2.0 mg KOH/g, the resin B has a glass transition temperature TgB of at least 50° C., and the hydrophobic parameter HPA of the resin A and the hydrophobic parameter of the resin B satisfy the following formulae:

HPA≧0.60

HPB≦0.70

HPA−HPB>0.