Described herein is a method of providing an overcoated printed substrate. The method may comprise: providing a printed substrate comprising a primer layer disposed on a print substrate and a liquid electrostatically printed layer disposed on the primer layer; and applying a UV curable overcoat composition to the printed layer of the printed substrate, wherein the UV curable overcoat composition comprises a UV curable resin and inorganic nanoparticles dispersed therein.

A toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin, an amorphous polyester, and a colorant, wherein a softening point of the toner is at least 110 C. and not more than 140 C.; an integrated value f1 for stress of the toner is not more than 10 g.Math.m/sec, as measured using a tack tester, with a temperature for a probe end being 150 C. and a press holding time being 0.01 seconds; and an integrated value f2 for stress of the toner is at least 30 g.Math.m/sec, as measured using a tack tester, with a temperature for a probe end being 150 C. and a press holding time being 0.1 seconds.

A toner comprising a toner particle including a resin component, wherein the resin component includes an olefin resin and an olefin copolymer including a hydroxyl group, the olefin resin has a specific monomer unit Y1, the olefin copolymer including a hydroxyl group has a specific monomer unit Z1 and Z2, a hydroxyl value of the olefin resin is not more than 10 mg KOH/g, a hydroxyl value of the olefin copolymer including a hydroxyl group is at least 20 mg KOH/g and not more than 250 mg KOH/g, and a content of the olefin resin in the resin component is more than 50 mass % with respect to a total mass of the resin component.

The present disclosure relates to a liquid electrophotographic composition comprising: a polymer resin comprising a side group comprising a cross-linkable moiety; and a carrier liquid.

An object of the embodiments herein is to provide a toner having excellent visibility upon irradiation with UV light, a toner cartridge, and an image forming apparatus.

According to one embodiment, a toner contains at least two or more fluorescent coloring agents selected from the group consisting of a first fluorescent coloring agent, a second fluorescent coloring agent, and a third fluorescent coloring agent, and a binder resin. The first fluorescent coloring agent has a fluorescence peak in a wavelength region of 400 nm or more and less than 500 nm. The second fluorescent coloring agent has a fluorescence peak in a wavelength region of 500 nm or more and less than 600 nm. The third fluorescent coloring agent has a fluorescence peak in a wavelength region of 600 nm or more and less than 650 nm.

An object of the embodiments herein is to provide a toner having excellent visibility upon irradiation with UV light, a toner cartridge, and an image forming apparatus. According to one embodiment, a toner contains at least two or more fluorescent coloring agents selected from the group consisting of a first fluorescent coloring agent, a second fluorescent coloring agent, and a third fluorescent coloring agent, and a binder resin. The first fluorescent coloring agent has a fluorescence peak in a wavelength region of 400 nm or more and less than 500 nm. The second fluorescent coloring agent has a fluorescence peak in a wavelength region of 500 nm or more and less than 600 nm. The third fluorescent coloring agent has a fluorescence peak in a wavelength region of 600 nm or more and less than 650 nm.

An electrostatic image developing toner including a toner particle, wherein the toner particle contains a vinyl resin which is a polymer of a vinyl monomer having an acid group, a polyester resin, at least one of aluminum (Al) and magnesium (Mg), and tin (Sn), and when net intensities of Al, Mg and Sn in the toner particle measured by fluorescent X-ray analysis are respectively expressed as I.sub.Al, I.sub.Mg and I.sub.Sn, a ratio (I.sub.Al+I.sub.Mg)/I.sub.Sn is within a range of 0.5 to 2.5.

A toner process comprising (a) providing at least one amphiphilic block copolymer prepared by surfactant-free emulsion polymerization comprising: dissolving a hydrophilic monomer in water; adding a hydrophobic monomer; adding a feed initiator to produce a colloidal dispersion of amphiphilic block copolymer; and optionally, discharging the amphiphilic block copolymer; (b) contacting one or more of a latex polymer, a wax; and a colorant with the colloidal dispersion of amphiphilic block copolymer to form a blend; or contacting the discharged amphiphilic block copolymer with one or more of a latex polymer, a wax dispersion, and a colorant dispersion, and forming a further dispersion; (c) heating the blend or further dispersion at a temperature below the glass transition temperature of the latex polymer to form aggregated toner particles; (d) adding a coalescing agent to the toner particles thereby coalescing the toner particles; and (e) recovering the toner particles.

A toner comprising a toner particle including a resin component, wherein the resin component includes an olefin resin and an olefin copolymer including a hydroxyl group, the olefin resin has a specific monomer unit Y1, the olefin copolymer including a hydroxyl group has a specific monomer unit Z1 and Z2, a hydroxyl value of the olefin resin is not more than 10 mg KOH/g, a hydroxyl value of the olefin copolymer including a hydroxyl group is at least 20 mg KOH/g and not more than 250 mg KOH/g, and a content of the olefin resin in the resin component is more than 50 mass % with respect to a total mass of the resin component.

The present invention relates to a toner for electrostatic charge image development, including toner base particles containing a binder resin containing as a main component a vinyl resin having a constitutional unit derived from a monomer having an acid group, and aluminum, wherein a concentration of the aluminum in the toner base particles, as measured by radio inductively coupled plasma emission spectral analysis, is from 900 to 2,200 ppm. According to the present invention, there is provided a means for improving the environmental stability of electrification, and the glossiness and the image density of the image to be formed in a good balance while maintaining sufficient low temperature fixability in a toner for electrostatic charge image development.