A toner has a toner particle containing a resin having an acid group, an aluminum pigment, and a fatty acid metal salt, wherein an acid value of the resin having an acid group is in a range of from 5 mg KOH/g to 25 mg KOH/g, and an amount of the resin having the acid group is 50% by mass or more; an amount of the aluminum pigment is in a range of from 10% by mass to 40% by mass; the fatty acid metal salt is represented by formula (R—COO).sub.pM(OH).sub.q; and an amount thereof is in a range of from 1 part by mass to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the aluminum pigment.

A unit includes: a developing device configured to develop an electrostatic charge image that is formed on a surface of an image carrier, as a toner image with a developer including a brilliant toner containing a flat brilliant pigment, the developer being accommodated in the developing device; and a fixing device configured to fix the toner image onto a surface of a recording medium at a fixing temperature of 130° C. or higher and 230° C. or lower that includes a fixing belt, a first roller and a second roller that are disposed inside the fixing belt and support the fixing belt while applying tension to the fixing belt, and a pressure roller, the first roller and the pressure roller sandwiching the fixing belt to form a nip portion.

An example photodetector for detecting fluorescent toner includes a light emitting unit to emit light to a toner image, and a light receiving unit. The light receiving unit is to detect visible light reflected by the toner image, detect that the toner image includes the fluorescent toner based on the detection of the visible light, the visible light generated by the fluorescent toner and having a predetermined wavelength band different from a wavelength band of the emitted light, and output a signal corresponding to the detection of the fluorescent toner.

According to various embodiments, a method of forming an image on a fabric and the resulting fabric is disclosed. The method includes providing a printable media including a carrier layer having a first surface comprising a first area and a second surface opposite the first surface. The method includes providing a fabric layer having a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface, the third surface includes a second area. The fabric layer is secured to the carrier layer by the adhesive bonding a first portion of the fourth surface to the first surface. The method includes applying a toner to a first portion of the third surface of the fabric layer. The toner includes antimicrobial nanoparticles on an outer surface of the toner. The method includes fusing the toner to the first portion of the third surface of the fabric layer.

A developer includes a metallic pigment and a binder resin. The developer includes a fine powder having a particle size smaller than a mode value in a volume particle size distribution of the metallic pigment. A proportion of the fine powder relative to the developer is equal to or higher than 4.6 percent and equal to or lower than 9.6 percent.

Methods of making phosphorescent toner are provided. In an embodiment, such a method comprises forming a phosphorescent pigment emulsion comprising a phosphorescent pigment and a surfactant; homogenizing a mixture comprising a resin emulsion comprising a resin and the phosphorescent pigment emulsion; aggregating the mixture to form toner particles comprising the phosphorescent pigment embedded within and surrounded by the resin; and coalescing the toner particles to form a phosphorescent toner comprising the toner particles. The phosphorescent toners are also provided.

Provided is an image forming method, including: transferring and fixing a toner onto a recording medium, and forming an image including a plurality of layers, in which an attachment amount of the toner on the recording medium is greater than or equal to 8 g/m.sup.2 and less than or equal to 40 g/m.sup.2, a toner forming a layer in contact with a fixing member contains at least a first mold release agent containing ester wax and a second mold release agent containing microcrystalline wax, and a special color toner is contained in any layer of the plurality of layers.

A powder which is composed of particles that are mainly composed of calcium titanate having a perovskite crystal structure, and primary particles of which have a generally spherical shape and an average particle diameter within the range of from 20 nm to 100 nm (inclusive). This powder is produced by a method which comprises: the production of calcium titanate by subjecting a mixed liquid that contains a sugar, an alkali, a water-soluble compound containing calcium, and a compound which is obtained by deflocculating a hydrolysis poroduct of a titanium compound with use of a monobasic acid to a high-pressure liquid-phase reaction that includes heating to a temperature of from 100° C. to 270° C. (inclusive),; and a subsequent calcium removal treatment.

An electrostatic image developer includes a toner containing toner particles, a carrier, and an external additive containing titanium dioxide particles of two types having different refractive indexes, fatty acid metal salt particles, and an abrasive.

An image formation apparatus according to an embodiment may include: a first image formation section configured to form a first image of a developer containing a lustrous pigment; a second image formation section configured to form a second image of a dyeing developer; and a transfer section configured to transfer the first image and the second image on a medium such that the first image and the second image are stacked to each other on the medium.