An image forming method includes developing an electrostatic charge image on the surface of an image holding member by a developer including toner particles which contain a binder resin, a flake shape brilliant pigment, and a layered inorganic material, transferring the developed toner image onto a surface of a recording medium, and fixing the toner image, which is a brilliant image, by passing the recording medium through a contact region between a fixing member and a pressing member pressed to the fixing member, the brilliant image satisfying (1) at a depth of 200 nm, A<10, 10≦B≦50, and 20≦C≦70 and (2) at a depth of 1,000 nm, 10≦A≦40, 20≦B≦60, and 20≦C≦50, wherein A, B and C are element amounts (atomic %) of aluminium, silicon, and carbon, respectively.

A toner composition including a toner particle having a surface, wherein the toner particle comprises at least one toner resin; a metallic pigment bonded to the surface of the toner particle; and an insulative surface additive disposed over the metallic pigment.

A brilliant toner includes toner particles that contain a binder resin and a brilliant pigment which has a flake shape, wherein an average thickness of the brilliant pigment is greater than 0.5 μm to 1.5 μm.

Methods of making a fluorescent white toner are provided. In embodiments, such a method comprises forming one or more fluorescent latexes which comprise a fluorescent agent, a first type of amorphous resin, and a second type of amorphous resin, wherein the first and second types of amorphous resins are present at a ratio in a range of from 2:3 to 3:2; forming a mixture comprising the one or more fluorescent latexes; a dispersion comprising a white colorant and a surfactant; one or more emulsions which comprise a crystalline resin, the first type of amorphous resin, the second type of amorphous resin; and optionally, a wax dispersion; aggregating the mixture to form particles of a predetermined size; forming a shell over the particles of the predetermined size to form core-shell particles; and coalescing the core-shell particles to form a fluorescent white toner. The fluorescent white toners and methods of using such toners are also provided.

Methods of making fluorescent metallic toners are provided which comprise forming one or more fluorescent latexes which comprise a fluorescent agent, a first type of amorphous resin, and a second type of amorphous resin, wherein the first and second types of amorphous resins are present at a ratio in a range of from 2:3 to 3:2; forming a mixture comprising the one or more fluorescent latexes; a dispersion comprising aluminum flakes and a surfactant; one or more emulsions which comprise a crystalline resin, the first type of amorphous resin, the second type of amorphous resin; and optionally, a wax dispersion; aggregating the mixture to form particles of a predetermined size; forming a shell over the particles of the predetermined size to form core-shell particles; and coalescing the core-shell particles to form a fluorescent metallic toner. Fluorescent metallic toners and methods of using such toners are also provided.

A white toner including toner particles each of which contains a binder resin and a white pigment whose content is 20 to 80 mass % or less, wherein the binder resin contains a polymer A having a first and a second monomer unit, wherein the content of the first monomer unit is 5.0 to 60.0 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of all monomer units in the polymer A, wherein the content of the second monomer unit is 20.0 to 95.0 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of all the monomer units in the polymer A, wherein the SP value of the first monomer unit and the SP value of the second monomer unit satisfy specific relations, and wherein the white pigment has a total amount of a surface acidic group amount and a surface basic group amount of 60 μmol/g or more.

An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: toner base particles containing a binder resin and a metal pigment; and an external additive containing lanthanum-containing strontium titanate particles.

The toner is a toner including a toner particle comprising a binder resin, a crystalline material, wherein, when a ratio of an area occupied by the crystalline material in a toner surface observed with a scanning electron microscope after ruthenium-staining the toner under a specific condition (1) is represented by S.sub.1 (%), a ratio of an area occupied by the crystalline material in the toner surface observed with the scanning electron microscope after ruthenium-staining the toner under a condition (2) is represented by S.sub.2 (%), and a dispersion diameter of a plurality of domains formed of the crystalline material on the toner surface observed with the scanning electron microscope after the ruthenium-staining the toner under the condition (2) is represented by R.sub.2 (nm), the following expressions (1), (2), and (3) are satisfied.

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}0.0\le S_1\le 0.5& \left(1\right)\\ 1.0\le S_2\le 10.0& \left(2\right)\\ 20\le R_2\le 200& \left(3\right)\end{array}$

A toner set capable of eliminating unclearness in a color boundary of an image in which a color image and a black image are printed side by side. The toner set includes at least: a black toner for forming a black image; and a color toner for forming a color toner image. The black toner is a toner comprising a black toner particle containing a black colorant formed of carbon black or iron oxide, a binder resin, and a releasing agent, and an external additive. The color toner is a toner comprising a color toner particle containing a color organic colorant, a binder resin, and a releasing agent. A ratio in surface roughness (Sa) between the toners is 1.30≤ surface roughness Sa(C) of color toner/surface roughness Sa(Bk) of black toner ≤4.00. The surface roughness Sa(C) of the color toner is 10 nm to 30 nm.

An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming portion configured to form a brilliant developer image with a brilliant developer; a second image forming portion including at least one image forming portion configured to form a developer image with at least one non-brilliant developer; and a controller configured to control operation of the first image forming portion and the second image forming portion in accordance with received print data. When the controller causes the brilliant developer image to be formed on a medium in accordance with the print data by the first image forming portion, the controller causes a black developer image to be formed between the brilliant developer image and the medium by the second image forming portion.