A toner that is excellent in low-temperature fixability at the time of high-speed printing, achieves both hot offset resistance and winding resistance, and has such satisfactory durability as not to be liable to cause an image failure even at the time of long-term endurance. The toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin including a first resin and a second resin, wherein the first resin is a crystalline resin, wherein the second resin is an amorphous resin, wherein, the toner has a domain-matrix structure formed of: a matrix containing the first resin; and domains each containing the second resin, wherein, an endothermic quantity ΔH (J/g) derived from the first resin satisfies a relationship of ΔH≥3, and wherein, in flow tester measurement of the toner, the following relationships are satisfied: T10≥65; T1−T10≤10.

Novel support material formulations, characterized as providing a cured support material with improved dissolution rate, while maintaining sufficient mechanical strength, are disclosed. The formulations comprise a water-miscible non-curable polymer, a first water-miscible, curable material and a second, water-miscible material that is selected capable of interfering with intermolecular interactions between polymeric chains formed upon exposing the first water-miscible material to curing energy. Methods of fabricating a three-dimensional object, and a three-dimensional object fabricated thereby are also disclosed.

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.

The present disclosure relates to a polyester chemically produced toner composition including a core shell toner particle having special surface features and method to make the same. The special surface features on the outer surface of the core shell toner particle are created by the incorporation of a specially designed latex having styrene and acrylate monomers into the core of the toner particle wherein the latex in the core is tailored to be incompatible with the polyester resin(s) found in the core of the toner particle. The final ratio of the monomers in the latex to the surfactant in the latex is approximately 1:5. This ratio is key in maintaining a stable dispersion and is influenced by the particle size in the dispersion and surfactant chemistries.

The toner contains a toner particle having a core-shell structure including: a core containing a binder resin and a colorant; and a shell, wherein the toner contains a crystalline material, and the shell contains an amorphous thermoplastic resin; and when SP values of the crystalline material and the amorphous thermoplastic resin, which are calculated by the Fedors method, are defined as SPc (J/cm.sup.3).sup.0.5 and SPa (J/cm.sup.3).sup.0.5, respectively, the SPc and the SPa (J/cm.sup.3) satisfy a particular relationship, and when the toner is observed by SEM after the toner has been subjected to ruthenium staining that treats the toner in an atmosphere of RuO.sub.4 gas having 500 Pa for 15 minutes, a ratio S2 (%) of an area occupied by the crystalline material per area of the toner satisfies a particular relationship.

Disclosed herein is a toner composition, developer and additive for a toner composition. The toner composition includes toner particles including at least one resin, an optional colorant, an optional wax, and a polymeric toner additive on at least a portion of an external surface of the toner particles. The polymeric toner additive includes a polymeric resin including a fluorinated monomer, wherein the polymeric resin is less than 10% by weight crosslinked, and optionally a charge control agent comprising nitrogen containing group at 0.1 wt % to 1.5 wt % of the polymeric resin.

A toner comprises a toner particle comprising a resin A and a resin B, wherein the resin A has a structure represented by a predetermined general formula, and the resin B has a monomer unit represented by a predetermined general formula, and a toner manufacturing method comprises a step of dispersing a toner base particle comprising the resin B in an aqueous medium to obtain a toner slurry, and a step of adding a radical polymerization initiator and a monomer composition comprising a monomer represented by a predetermined general formula to the resulting toner slurry to form the resin A on a surface of the toner base particle.

Novel cleaning compositions, usable for removing a cured support material from a printed object obtained by additive manufacturing such as 3D inkjet printing are provided. The cleaning compositions are aqueous alkaline compositions containing a combination of two alkaline substances: an alkali metal hydroxide and an alkali metal silicate, each at a concentration of no more than 3 weight percents of the total weight of the composition. The cleaning compositions are characterized by high and constant dissolution rate, and are particularly useful for removing a cured support material that includes cross-linked polymeric chains such as cross-linked polyacrylate chains. Kits comprising the alkaline substances, and methods of fabricating a three-dimensional model object which utilize the cleaning compositions or the kits, and a three-dimensional model object fabricated thereby, are also provided.

A coating material processable by non-impact printing to form at least a part of a coating layer representing an image, the coating material having an amorphous resin portion, is curable and is configured for being applied with a thickness of at least 15 μm, the coating material having one or more of the following: a polyester resin having at least one incorporated acid monomer and wherein at least 10 weight percent of the at least one incorporated acid monomer is isophthalic acid; a polyester resin containing 1 to 100 w-% of cycloaliphatic glycol compounds with respect to the total weight of the glycol compounds of the polyester resin component; an acrylic resin; a fluorine containing polymer; a polyurethane resin.

A toner, comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, wherein in a viscoelasticity measurement performed on a molded sample resulting from compression molding of the toner to a disc shape, and in which a strain in the molded sample is caused to vary, at 90° C., a storage elastic modulus G′(1) of the molded sample at 1% strain is 7500 to 30000 Pa, and a storage elastic modulus G′(50) of the molded sample at 50% strain is 950 to 6000 Pa.