G03G9/08793

TONER

A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, wherein the toner particle further comprises: a compound represented by R.sup.1—[OCH.sub.2CH.sub.2].sub.n—OH, where, R.sup.1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 to 3; and at least one polyvalent element selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, aluminum, boron and iron, and a content of the polyvalent element in the toner is 100 mass ppm to 5000 mass ppm.

ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles that contain a binder resin, in which each of a loss modulus G″5 (150) of the electrostatic charge image developing toner determined by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the electrostatic charge image developing toner at a temperature of 150° C. and a strain of 5% and a loss modulus G″50 (180) of the electrostatic charge image developing toner determined by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the electrostatic charge image developing toner at a temperature of 180° C. and a strain of 50% is 1×10.sup.3 Pa or more and 1×10.sup.4 Pa or less, and a relationship between a loss modulus G″5 (t1) of the electrostatic charge image developing toner at a first temperature t1 in a temperature range of 150° C. or higher and 180° C. or lower and a strain of 5% and a loss modulus G″50 (t2) of the electrostatic charge image developing toner at a second temperature t2 higher than the first temperature t1 in the temperature range of 150° C. or higher and 180° C. or lower and a strain of 50% satisfies the following Formula (1) in a case of a temperature difference (t2−t1) between the first temperature t1 and the second temperature t2 is 15° C. or higher.


1<G″5(t1)/G″50(t2)<3.0  Formula (1)

ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles that contain a binder resin, in which in a case where G′1 (90) represents a storage modulus G′ of the electrostatic charge image developing toner determined by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the electrostatic charge image developing toner at a temperature of 90° C. and a strain of 1%, G′50 (90) represents a storage modulus G′ of the electrostatic charge image developing toner determined by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the electrostatic charge image developing toner at a temperature of 90° C. and a strain of 50%, and G′50 (180) represents a storage modulus G′ of the electrostatic charge image developing toner determined by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the electrostatic charge image developing toner at a temperature of 180° C. and a strain of 50%, the electrostatic charge image developing toner satisfies the following Formulas (1) to (4).


G′1(90)<1×10.sup.5  Formula (1)


1×10.sup.3<G′50(180)  Formula (2)


1<G′50(90)/G′50(180)<30  Formula (3)


1<G′1(90)/G′50(90)<10  Formula (4)

PRESSURE SENSITIVE TONER, APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PRINTED MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRINTED MATERIAL, AND PRINTED MATERIAL

A pressure sensitive toner includes toner particles containing a composite resin that includes a styrene-based resin and a (meth)acrylate-based resin. The difference between a lowest glass transition temperature of the composite resin and a highest glass transition temperature thereof is 30° C. or more, and the toner particles have a gel fraction of from 1.0% by mass to 8.0% by mass inclusive.

TONER, TONER STORAGE UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE

A toner includes a binding resin; and a metal crosslinking agent that forms a metal crosslinking with the binding resin. A measurement curve of a storage elastic modulus G′ in a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement has a maximum value in a range of 100° C. or more.

ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles that contain a binder resin and resin particles and an external additive that contains inorganic particles, in which a loss coefficient tanδ.sub.a of the resin particles at 40° C. and 0.1 rad/s satisfies 0.1 < tanδ.sub.a < 1.0, a loss coefficient tanδ.sub.b of the resin particles at 40° C. and 10 rad/s satisfies 1.3 < tanδ.sub.b < 3.0, and in a case where a strain of 0.005% is applied to the toner at 40° C., a stress relaxation time .sub.τ of the toner satisfies 5 seconds < τ < 500 seconds.

Toner compositions and additives

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.

Toner, developer, image forming apparatus, and image forming method

A toner includes a binder resin including a copolymer resin containing structural units derived from crystalline and non-crystalline resins, respectively. Spin-spin relaxation time (t50) of the toner at 50° C. measured by pulse NMR is ≦0.05 msec., spin-spin relaxation time (t130) at 130° C. when warmed from 50° C. to 130° C. is >15 msec., and spin-spin relaxation time (t′70) at 70° C. when cooled from 130° C. to 70° C. is ≦1.00 msec. A binarized image obtained by binarizing a phase image of the toner observed by a tapping mode AFM based on intermediate value between maximum and minimum phase difference values in the phase image includes first phase difference images constituted by large phase-difference portions and a second phase difference image constituted by a small phase-difference portion. The first phase difference images are dispersed in the second phase difference image. The dispersion diameter of the first phase difference images is 150 nm or less.

TONER, TONER STORAGE UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TONER

A toner is provided. The toner includes an amorphous resin, a crystalline resin dispersed in the amorphous resin, and a release agent. The toner satisfies the following inequality:


B/A<0.8

where A represents a perimeter of the crystalline resin and B represents a length of a part of the perimeter A of the crystalline resin at which the crystalline resin is in contact with the amorphous resin, A and B being measured from a cross-sectional image of the toner observed with transmission electron microscope.

WHITE DRY INK PULVERIZED TONER COMPOSITION AND FORMULATION THEREOF
20170351190 · 2017-12-07 ·

An apparatus and method of manufacturing a white dry ink pulverized toner including a resin and 15%-45% TiO2 pigment having a mean size of 100-350 nm melt mixed with the resin in a twin screw extruder resulting in an extruded mix. The extruded mix is pulverized in a fluid bed jet mill. Fines of the pulverized extruded mix less than 5 microns may be removed from the pulverized extruded mix by classification leaving pulverized particles having a mean size of 6-12 microns. The pulverized particles are blended in a mixer with surface additives including silica and ZnSt, and the white dry ink pulverized toner has a developer charge between 5 and 50 μC/gram and a Lightness (L*) of at least 75 at a toner mass per unit area (TMA) of at most 1.2 mg/cm.sup.2.