A composition for seamless belt includes a thermoplastic resin; and a conductive agent. A liquid extracted from the composition with methanol has an intensity not greater than 710.sup.8 in a total ion chromatogram.

An image receiving sheet includes an image receiving layer including a resin and having a thickness of 1 m or greater; and an antistatic layer being the outermost layer, including a resin and at least one conductive material selected from conductive particles and a conductive polymer and having a thickness smaller than that of the image receiving layer, on at least one surface of a support, in an order from the support side.

A resin composition for forming a recording layer, includes a resin and satisfies the following Expression (1):
20 C.T.sub.1T.sub.10120 C.,Expression (1):
wherein T.sub.1 represents a temperature at which the viscosity of a solid sample of the resin prepared from the resin composition, measured using a flow tester, is 10.sup.4 Pa.Math.s under an applied pressure of 1 MPa, and T.sub.10 represents a temperature at which the viscosity of a solid sample of the resin prepared from the resin composition, measured using a flow tester, is 10.sup.4 Pa.Math.s under an applied pressure of 10 MPa.

An ink-based digital printing system suitable for use with hydrophilic and/or aqueous dampening fluids includes an imaging member having an imaging member material that is hydrophilic at the imaging surface.

An imaging member includes a surface layer comprising a fluorosilicone and an infrared-absorbing filler. At least 75% of the siloxane units in the fluorosilicone are fluorinated. Methods of manufacturing the imaging member and processes for variably lithographic printing using the imaging member are also disclosed.

There is provided a method for electrostatic printing comprising providing a print substrate having a layer comprising a polymeric material, the layer comprising a polymeric material having thereon a surface layer comprising an aminofunctional silane; carrying out an electrostatic printing process to transfer an ink onto the surface layer comprising the aminofunctional silane. Also disclosed herein are print substrates producible by the method, and print substrates for use in the method.

Provided are a recording paper having not only excellent appearance and high adhesion between a substrate and a resin coating but also high adhesion, particularly, high water resistant adhesion to ink or toner in various printing systems and a method for producing the recording paper. The recording paper of the present invention includes: a substrate composed of a thermoplastic resin film; and a resin coating disposed on at least one side of the substrate, wherein the resin coating contains a resin that is a reaction product of a cationic water-soluble polymer and a silane coupling agent, a content of a silane coupling agent component is 15 to 35 mass % based on a cationic water-soluble polymer component in the resin coating, and the resin coating is free from thermoplastic resin particles.

A developing apparatus including: a toner having a toner particle and an external additive; a toner carrying member used for carrying the toner; and a charging member used for injecting charge into the toner, in which the external additive includes a fine particle A and a fine particle B, the fine particle A is at least one fine particle selected from a group consisting of a silica fine particle and a silicone fine particle, the fine particle B is a specific conductive fine particle, the toner carrying member is a developing roller having: a substrate having an outer surface having conductivity; and a resin layer on the outer surface of the substrate, and impedance of the outer surface of the developing roller and a maximum value of electric potential of the outer surface are in specific ranges.