Provided is an electrostatic charge image developing toner including toner matrix particles containing at least a binder resin, wherein a photosensitizer having a singlet oxygen generating ability is contained inside the toner matrix particles or in an external additive attached to the toner matrix particles.

The present invention relates to a toner for development of electrostatic images which contains a colorant, a resin composition (P) and a resin composition (W), in which the resin composition (P) is a resin composition formed by subjecting an acid group-containing amorphous polyester-based resin (A) and an amine compound to condensation reaction, and the resin composition (W) is a resin composition formed by subjecting an alcohol component (W-al), a carboxylic acid component (W-ac) and a hydrocarbon wax containing at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy group and a carboxy group to condensation reaction; and a process for producing the toner.

A two-component developer includes an electrostatic image developing toner and a carrier, and the electrostatic image developing toner contains toner particles having toner base particles and an external additive. The toner base particles contain a colorant, the colorant contains a pigment P1 and a pigment P2, the absorption maximum wavelength λmax of the pigments P1 and P2 each in dispersion in methyl ethyl ketone is, 400 nm or more and less than 600 nm for the pigment P1 and 600 nm or more and 700 nm or less for the pigment P2, the external additive contains titanium oxide, the content of the titanium oxide is 0.01% by mass or more and less than 1.00% by mass based on the total mass of the toner base particles, and the iron element content (atomic %) of the surface of the carrier as measured by X-ray electron spectroscopy satisfies a specific expression.

A squarylium dye [A] that has high invisibility, i.e., exhibits low absorption in the visible light region (400 nm to 750 nm), has excellent near-infrared absorption capability and high light resistance, tends not to exhibit aggregations, and has specific X-ray diffraction peaks; and an image-forming material and the like containing the squarylium dye [A] having said characteristics. The problem is solved by a squarylium dye [A] having specific X-ray diffraction peaks represented by general formula (1). Moreover, the problem is also solved by various materials containing the squarylium dye [A].

A method for producing a resin fine particle includes dissolving or melting an oily mixture containing at least a polyester resin, a base, and a basic dye while applying a shearing force to the oily mixture, and emulsifying the dissolved or molten oily mixture by adding a surfactant and an aqueous medium while applying a shearing force to the dissolved or molten oily mixture to prepare a dispersion liquid of the resin fine particle. The resin fine particle includes the polyester resin and the basic dye, has a volume average particle diameter of 0.05 μm or more and 1 μm or less, and has a ratio of a concentration of the basic dye in a center of gravity portion of the resin fine particle to a concentration of the basic dye in a surface layer portion having a depth of 10 nm or less from a surface of the resin fine particle of 0.8 or more.

An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin. In a differential scanning calorimetry curve of the toner particles, Tg1 is 58° C. or more and 68° C. or less, and Tg1−Tg2 is 20° C. or more and 40° C. or less, where Tg1 is a lowest onset temperature in an endothermic change during a first temperature increase, and Tg2 is a lowest onset temperature in an endothermic change during a second temperature increase.

A coating layer application device (200) for applying a coating layer, which is located on a transfer element, to a substrate, the coating layer (206) being formed from a coating material, in particular a thermosetting coating material, the coating layer (206) being curable and comprising an amorphous material, the coating layer application device comprising: a heating device (214, 220) being configured so as to (i) maintain the temperature of the coating layer (206) within a temperature range before removal of N the transfer element (204) from the coating layer (206), wherein within the temperature range the uncured coating material is in its supercooled liquid state; and/or (ii) partially cure the coating layer (206) during a contact of the coating layer (206) and the substrate (210) and before removal of the transfer element (204) from the coating layer, in particular by increasing the temperature of the coating layer (206) to a temperature at or above a curing temperature of the coating layer (206).

An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle that contains a pyrazolotriazole-based dye and a zirconium oxide particle.

A toner including particles containing a binder resin, a colorant, and wax, the toner having, in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) performing a temperature program including steps of heating from 40° C. to 100° C. or more at a heating rate of 10° C./min (first heating), then cooling to 40° C. or less at a cooling rate of 10° C./min (first cooling), and then heating to 100° C. or more at a heating rate of 10° C./min (second heating), a total endothermic amount HA1 in the first heating from 40° C. to 100° C. and a total endothermic amount HA2 in the second heating from 40° C. to 100° C. that satisfy the following relationship (1), and a difference between a full width at half maximum of an endothermic peak in the second heating and a full width at half maximum of an exothermic peak in the first cooling of 7.00° C. or less: (1) HA2/HA1>0.80.

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.