A magnetic carrier including a magnetic carrier particle having a magnetic carrier core and a resin coating layer formed on a surface of the magnetic carrier core, wherein the resin coating layer includes a resin component including a resin A and a resin B, the resin A is a copolymer of monomers including (a) a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group and (b) a specific macromonomer, the resin B is a copolymer of monomers including (c) a styrene-based monomer and (d) a specific (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, and based on the resin components of the resin coating layer, the amount of the resin A is from 20% by mass to 99% by mass, and the amount of the resin B is from 1% by mass to 80% by mass.

A toner includes binder resin 101 and a coloring agent 102. The coloring agent 102 is configured so that hue of a hue measurement print image printed on a print medium with the toner satisfies 8.6a*(Y)7.9 and 93.4b*(Y)95.4, where a*(Y) and b*(Y) represent an a* value and a b* value of the hue measurement print image and light resistance F of a light resistance measurement print image printed on a print medium with the toner, after an irradiation test in which the light resistance measurement print image is irradiated with light having 0.36 W/m.sup.2 spectral irradiance at a wavelength of 340 nm for 663 hours, is higher than or equal to 70%. The toner is configured so that its melt viscosity at 120 C. is higher than or equal to 1400 Pa.Math.s and lower than or equal to 1600 Pa.Math.s.

A magnetic carrier including a magnetic carrier particle having a magnetic carrier core and a resin coating layer formed on a surface of the magnetic carrier core, wherein the resin coating layer includes a resin component including a resin A and a resin B, the resin A is a copolymer of monomers including (a) a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group and (b) a specific macromonomer, the resin B is a copolymer of monomers including (c) a styrene-based monomer and (d) a specific (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, and based on the resin components of the resin coating layer, the amount of the resin A is from 20% by mass to 99% by mass, and the amount of the resin B is from 1% by mass to 80% by mass.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a toner for electrophotography that is excellent in the low-temperature fusing property, the initial image quality after storage, and the document offset property. A process for producing a toner for electrophotography, including step 1: melt-mixing a mixture containing a crystalline resin (C) and ester wax (W) having a dipentaerythritol unit as a constitutional component, wherein a difference |C.sub.mpW.sub.mp| between a melting point C.sub.mp of the crystalline resin (C) and a melting point W.sub.mp of the ester wax (W) is 30 C. or less, and the melt-mixing is performed at a temperature K.sub.t that is the melting point C.sub.mp or more and the melting point W.sub.mp or more.

A toner includes binder resin 101 and a coloring agent 102. The coloring agent 102 is configured so that hue of a hue measurement print image printed on a print medium with the toner satisfies 8.6a*(Y)7.9 and 93.4b*(Y)95.4, where a*(Y) and b*(Y) represent an a* value and a b* value of the hue measurement print image and light resistance F of a light resistance measurement print image printed on a print medium with the toner, after an irradiation test in which the light resistance measurement print image is irradiated with light having 0.36 W/m.sup.2 spectral irradiance at a wavelength of 340 nm for 663 hours, is higher than or equal to 70%. The toner is configured so that its melt viscosity at 120 C. is higher than or equal to 1400 Pa.Math.s and lower than or equal to 1600 Pa.Math.s.

A method for forming a scratchable image includes pressure-fixing a masking pressure toner onto a base image on a substrate to form a masking layer.

A method for forming a scratchable image includes pressure-fixing a masking pressure toner onto a base image on a substrate to form a masking layer.

An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles that contain an amorphous polyester resin and a styrene-(meth)acrylic resin, in which the toner particles have a spherical domain A of the styrene-(meth)acrylic resin, that is insoluble in tetrahydrofuran, and a spherical domain B of the styrene-(meth)acrylic resin, that is soluble in tetrahydrofuran, a glass transition temperature Tg1 of the spherical domain A of the styrene-(meth)acrylic resin is 0 C. or higher and 35 C. or lower, and in a case where a glass transition temperature of the spherical domain B of the styrene-(meth)acrylic resin is denoted by Tg2, a value of Tg2Tg1 is 20 C. or higher and 55 C. or lower.