Methods of making fluorescent pink toners are provided which comprise forming one or more fluorescent latexes which comprise a red fluorescent agent, a yellow 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; 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 pink toner. Fluorescent pink 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.

Fluorescent magenta latexes are provided which may comprise water and fluorescent agent-incorporated resin particles, the particles comprising a resin, Solvent Red 49 as a red fluorescent agent, and Solvent Yellow 98 as a yellow fluorescent agent, wherein the fluorescent magenta latex has a weight ratio of the Solvent Red 49 to the Solvent Yellow 98 in a range of from 3:1 to 10:1. Fluorescent magenta toners and methods of making and using the fluorescent magenta toners are also provided.

Fluorescent orange latexes are provided which comprise water and fluorescent agent-incorporated resin particles, the particles comprising a resin, Solvent Red 49 as a red fluorescent agent, and Solvent Yellow 98 as a yellow fluorescent agent, wherein the fluorescent orange latex has a weight ratio of the Solvent Yellow 98 to the Solvent Red 49 in a range of from 20:1 to 0.5:1. Fluorescent orange toners and methods of making and using the fluorescent orange toners are also provided.

Fluorescent green toners are provided. In embodiments, a fluorescent green toner comprises fluorescent agent-incorporated resin particles comprising a resin, a fluorescence brightener, and a yellow fluorescent agent having an absorption spectrum that overlaps with a fluorescence emission spectrum of the fluorescence brightener; and a cyan colorant; blue dye-incorporated resin particles comprising the resin and a blue dye; or both. The fluorescent green toner has a weight ratio of the yellow fluorescent agent to the cyan colorant and, if present, the blue dye, in a range of from 100:1 to 0.2:1, and the fluorescent green toner exhibits Førster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) under illumination with UV light. Methods of making and using the fluorescent green toners are also provided.

Toner includes, as toner particles, first particles and second particles. The first particles each include a first core and a first shell layer covering a surface of the first core. The first core contains a first binder resin and is free from metal stearates. The second particles each include a second core and a second shell layer covering a surface of the second core. The second core contains a metal stearate. The first shell layer and the second shell layer are formed of resins of the same type, respectively. The content of the metal stearate in the second core is 50% by mass or more with respect to the mass of the second core as a whole. The number ratio of the second particles is 5% or more but 25% or less of the total number of the first particles and the second particles.

A fluorescent yellow toner including a core comprising a first solvent yellow 160-incorporated amorphous polyester; a second solvent yellow 160-incorporated amorphous polyester; wherein the first amorphous polyester and the second amorphous polyester are different; and a crystalline polyester; a shell disposed over the core, the shell comprising at least one amorphous polyester; wherein the toner provides printed images having an L* value of greater than 90, an a* value of from about less than 40 to about 20, and a b*value of greater than 75. A process of printing the fluorescent yellow toner.

Toner, including: a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a wax, wherein the binder resin includes an amorphous resin A, and, in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of the toner, when the temperature at which the loss elastic modulus G measured at a frequency of 1 Hz becomes 1.0010.sup.6 Pa is set as T(1 Hz), when the temperature at which the loss elastic modulus G measured at a frequency of 20 Hz becomes 1.0010.sup.6 Pa is set as T(20 Hz), and when the maximum value of the ratio (tan ) of the loss elastic modulus G with respect to the storage elastic modulus G, measured at a frequency of 20 Hz, in a range of from 60 C. to 90 C. is set as tan (P), the toner satisfies T(20 Hz)T(1 Hz)7.0 C., 0.80tan (P)1.90, 60 C.T(1 Hz)80 C., and 60 C.T(20 Hz)80 C.

A toner has a toner particle that has a binder resin and a release agent, wherein when the temperature when G=1.010.sup.5 Pa in a dynamic viscoelastic measurement on the toner is denoted by Ta, and the glass transition temperature in a differential scanning calorimetric measurement on the toner is denoted by Tg, the Ta and the Tg satisfy the following formulas:
40 C.Tg70 C.,
60 C.Ta90 C., and
0 C.TaTg35 C.; and the toner has a storage elastic modulus G having a minimum value in the range from 110 C. to 150 C. in a dynamic viscoelastic measurement on the toner.

A method for producing a chemically prepared magenta toner composition according to one example embodiment includes combining and agglomerating a first polymer emulsion with a magenta colorant dispersion containing a single azo magenta pigment and a release agent dispersion to form toner cores. A borax coupling agent is added to the toner cores. A second polymer emulsion is combined and agglomerated with the toner cores having the borax coupling agent to form toner shells around the toner cores. The aggregated toner cores and toner shells are fused to form magenta toner particles. The single azo magenta pigment in the magenta pigment dispersion does not aggregate into clusters on the outer surface of the surface core.