Patent classifications
G03G9/0836
ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER SET AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING METHOD
An electrostatic latent image developing toner set of the present invention is an electrostatic latent image developing toner set including at least a yellow toner, a magenta toner, and a cyan toner, wherein when exothermic peak top temperatures during decreasing temperature in differential scanning calorimetry of the yellow toner, the magenta toner, and the cyan toner are assumed to be P(Y), P(M), and P(C), respectively, the exothermic peak top temperatures satisfy the following expression (1).
70P(Y)P(M)P(C)90( C.) (1)
Magnetic toner
A magnetic toner comprising a magnetic toner particle including a binder resin, a magnetic body and a crystalline polyester, wherein a storage elastic modulus E(40) [Pa] at 40 C. and a storage elastic modulus E(85) [Pa] at 85 C., which are obtained in a powder dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of the magnetic toner, satisfy the following formulas (1) to (3).
E(40)6.010.sup.9(1)
E(85)5.510.sup.9(2)
[E(40)E(85)]100/E(40)40(3)
Magnetic toner
A magnetic toner comprising a magnetic toner particle including a binder resin, a magnetic body and a crystalline polyester, wherein the dielectric loss tangent at 100 kHz is 1.010.sup.2 or more, a variation coefficient CV3 of an occupied area ratio of the magnetic body when a cross section of the magnetic toner particle is divided by a square grid having a side of 0.8 m in cross-sectional observation of the magnetic toner particle using a transmission electron microscope TEM is from 30.0% to 80.0%, and where a storage elastic modulus of the magnetic toner at 40 C. is taken as E(40) [Pa] and a storage elastic modulus of the magnetic toner at 85 C. is taken as E(85) [Pa], the following formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied:
E(85)5.510.sup.9(1)
[E(40)E(85)]100/E(40)30(2).
Toner and method for producing toner
A toner comprising an external additive and a toner particle including a binder resin, a colorant and inorganic fine particles A, wherein the external additive contains an external additive B, a number average particle diameter of primary particles of the external additive B is 30 to 200 nm, an adhesion index of the external additive B to the toner particle is 0.00 to 3.00, a number average particle diameter of primary particles of the inorganic fine particles A is greater than that of the external additive B, and in SEM observations of the toner under specific condition, the number of particles (Na) of the external additive B in a 2 m square region of the toner surface and the number of particles (Nb) of the external additive B observed in a state of overlapping with the inorganic fine particles A in the region satisfy Nb/Na of 0.20 or more.
TONER
A toner comprising a toner particle including a binder resin and a magnetic body, wherein in cross-sectional observation of the toner with a transmission electron microscope, where an area percentage occupied by the magnetic body in a region of 200 nm or less from a contour of a cross section of the toner particle to a centroid of the cross section is taken as A1, and an area percentage occupied by the magnetic body in a region of from 200 nm to 400 nm from the contour of the cross section of the toner particle to the centroid of the cross section is taken as A2, the area percentage A1 is from 38% to 85%, the area percentage A2 is from 0% to 37%, and a ratio A2/A1 of the area percentage A2 to the area percentage A1 is from 0 to 0.75.
TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER
A toner comprising an external additive and a toner particle including a binder resin, a colorant and inorganic fine particles A, wherein the external additive contains an external additive B, a number average particle diameter of primary particles of the external additive B is 30 to 200 nm, an adhesion index of the external additive B to the toner particle is 0.00 to 3.00, a number average particle diameter of primary particles of the inorganic fine particles A is greater than that of the external additive B, and in SEM observations of the toner under specific condition, the number of particles (Na) of the external additive B in a 2 m square region of the toner surface and the number of particles (Nb) of the external additive B observed in a state of overlapping with the inorganic fine particles A in the region satisfy Nb/Na of 0.20 or more.
MAGNETIC TONER
A magnetic toner comprising a magnetic toner particle including a binder resin, a magnetic body and a crystalline polyester, wherein a storage elastic modulus E(40) [Pa] at 40 C. and a storage elastic modulus E(85) [Pa] at 85 C., which are obtained in a powder dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of the magnetic toner, satisfy the following formulas (1) to (3).
E(40)6.010.sup.9 (1)
E(85)5.510.sup.9 (2)
[E(40)E(85)]100/E(40) (3)
MAGNETIC TONER
A magnetic toner comprising a magnetic toner particle including a binder resin, a magnetic body and a crystalline polyester, wherein the dielectric loss tangent at 100 kHz is 1.010.sup.2 or more, a variation coefficient CV3 of an occupied area ratio of the magnetic body when a cross section of the magnetic toner particle is divided by a square grid having a side of 0.8 m in cross-sectional observation of the magnetic toner particle using a transmission electron microscope TEM is from 30.0% to 80.0%, and where a storage elastic modulus of the magnetic toner at 40 C. is taken as E(40) [Pa] and a storage elastic modulus of the magnetic toner at 85 C. is taken as E(85) [Pa], the following formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied:
E(85)5.510.sup.9 (1)
[E(40)E(85)]100/E(40)30 (2)
MAGNETIC TONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC TONER
Provided is a magnetic toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin and a magnetic body, wherein the binder resin contains a polymer A having a first monomer unit and a second monomer unit, the first polymerizable monomer is at least one selected from the group consisting of the (meth)acrylic acid esters having C.sub.18-36 alkyl groups, a content of the first monomer unit and a content of the second monomer unit based on the total moles of all monomer units in the polymer A are respectively 5.0 to 60.0 mol % and 20.0 to 95.0 mol %, and assuming that an SP value of the first monomer unit and the second monomer unit are taken as SP.sub.11 (J/cm.sup.3).sup.0.5 and SP.sub.21(J/cm.sup.3).sup.0.5, respectively, 3.00(SP.sub.21SP.sub.11)25.00 is satisfied, and an oil absorption of the magnetic body is 5 to 40 ml/100 g.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD
An image forming apparatus includes a magnetic toner, an image bearing member, and a development device. The image bearing member is an amorphous silicon photosensitive drum. The magnetic toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle containing a binder resin and a magnetic powder and alumina particles attached to a surface of the toner mother particle. The alumina particles each include a core containing alumina and a conductive layer covering the core. The conductive layer contains antimony tin oxide. The alumina particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 0.15 ?m and no greater than 0.50 ?m. The alumina particles have a specific resistance of no greater than 250 ?.Math.cm. The alumina particles have an X-ray intensity ratio of at least 0.25 and no greater than 0.35.