A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin. The ratio Qs1/Qf1 is 1.1 or more and 2.0 or less, where Qf1 is the total area of all endothermic peaks detected during the first temperature rise when the toner particles are analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry after one-day storage under 50° C. conditions, and Qs1 is the total area of all endothermic peaks detected during the first temperature rise when classified toner particles are analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry after one-day storage under 50° C. conditions. The classified toner particles are a fraction of the toner particles in which toner particles having a diameter equal to or larger than the volume-average diameter D50v of the toner particles constitute 10% by number or less.

Provided is a toner including at least: a binder resin; and a release agent, wherein in a transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image of a torn cross-section of the toner, the release agent has an acicular or filiform shape and an average aspect ratio of 31 or greater, and wherein a displacement amount of the toner when 250 micronewtons is applied to the toner in a microcompression test is 700 nm or less.

A toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin and a crystalline material, wherein when “a” is an endothermic quantity deriving from the crystalline material in a DSC of the toner and “b” is an endothermic quantity deriving from the crystalline material in a DSC of the toner that has been held for 10 hours in an environment with a temperature of 55° C. and a humidity of 8% RH, the “a” and “b” satisfy a relationship a/b≧0.85; in a dynamic viscoelastic measurement of a non-melt-molded pellet of the toner, the toner has a temperature range A for which G″≦1×10.sup.5 Pa and tan δ<1 are satisfied; and in a dynamic viscoelastic measurement of a melt-molded pellet of the toner, the toner has a temperature range B for which tan δ>1 is satisfied within the temperature range A.

A toner is provided, which is obtained by heat treating a toner particle containing a crystalline polyester resin, an amorphous polyester resin, a hydrocarbon wax and a wax dispersant, wherein the crystalline polyester resin is a hybrid resin having crystalline polyester segments and amorphous vinyl segments, and a mass ratio of crystalline polyester segments and amorphous vinyl segments in the crystalline polyester resin (crystalline segments/amorphous segments) is 70/30 to 98/2.

An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner mother particles that contain a polyester resin which is a polycondensate of a polycarboxylic acid compound and a polyol compound; a graft polymer which includes a polyolefin chain and a vinyl resin chain; a coloring agent; and polyethylene wax, provided that the polyol compound includes a polyol compound having a bisphenol structure in an amount of 0 mol % to 5 mol %, wherein a normal temperature and normal humidity aggregation degree of the toner mother particles is from 70% to 97%.

The invention relates to a toner for development of electrostatic images excellent in fusing property on polypropylene films and excellent in rubfastness of printed images, and a resin composition for a toner for development of electrostatic images. The toner for development of electrostatic images and the resin composition for a toner for development of electrostatic images each contain an amorphous polyester-based resin A and a crystalline polyester-based resin C, wherein the amorphous polyester-based resin A has a constituent moiety derived from a polyester resin, and a constituent moiety derived from a reactive functional group-having modified polyolefin-based polymer A, the polyester resin-derived constituent moiety and the modified polyolefin-based polymer A-derived constituent moiety being bonded via a covalent bond, and the amount of the modified polyolefin-based polymer A-derived constituent moiety is 5% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less relative to the total amount of the resin component in the toner.

A toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin and a styrene-acrylic resin, the toner being characterized in that the styrene-acrylic resin is a graft polymer having an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound segment and a styrene-acrylic segment, the styrene-acrylic segment has a specific monomer unit, the melting point of the styrene-acrylic segment is from 30° C. to 80° C., and when the toner is measured using a FT-IR ATR method, the intensity assigned to the styrene-acrylic resin and the intensity assigned to the binder resin satisfy a specific relationship.

A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a wax, wherein the binder resin contains an amorphous polyester resin, a polymer A, and a component B, a content of the amorphous polyester resin in the binder resin is at least 50.0 mass %, the polymer A has first monomer units represented by Formula (C) below and second monomer units, R.sub.Z3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R represents a C18 to C36 alkyl group, a content ratio of the first monomer units in the polymer A is from 5.0 mol % to 60.0 mol %, an SP value of the second monomer units is at least 21.00, a content of the polymer A in the binder resin is from 0.10 mass % to 10.00 mass %, and SP values of the amorphous polyester resin, the polymer A, the component B and the wax satisfy specific relationships. ##STR00001##

A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a wax, wherein the binder resin contains an amorphous polyester resin, a polymer A, and a component B, a content of the amorphous polyester resin in the binder resin is at least 50.0 mass %, the polymer A has first monomer units represented by Formula (C) below and second monomer units, R.sub.Z3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R represents a C18 to C36 alkyl group, a content ratio of the first monomer units in the polymer A is from 5.0 mol % to 60.0 mol %, an SP value of the second monomer units is at least 21.00, a content of the polymer A in the binder resin is from 0.10 mass % to 10.00 mass %, and SP values of the amorphous polyester resin, the polymer A, the component B and the wax satisfy specific relationships.

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A toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin and a styrene-acrylic resin, the toner being characterized in that the styrene-acrylic resin is a graft polymer having an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound segment and a styrene-acrylic segment, the styrene-acrylic segment has a specific monomer unit, the melting point of the styrene-acrylic segment is from 30 C. to 80 C., and when the toner is measured using a FT-IR ATR method, the intensity assigned to the styrene-acrylic resin and the intensity assigned to the binder resin satisfy a specific relationship.