摘要:
A coloring agent for use in toners which comprises coloring particles modified with a surface modifier having in one molecule a hydrophilic moiety, a hydrophobic moiety, and a reactive moiety between the hydrophilic moiety and the hydrophobic moiety. Also disclosed is a toner comprising toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a coloring agent comprising the above surface-modified coloring particles.
摘要:
A toner production process comprising the step of polymerizing a polymerizable monomer in the presence of (i) base particles containing at least a binder resin and (ii) a polymerization initiator. The polymerization initiator has in one molecule a hydrophilic moiety and a hydrophobic moiety and a reactive moiety between them, and the base particles are enlarged and/or surface-modified upon polymerization of the polymerizable monomer. Also disclosed is a toner having a circularity of from 0.92 to 1.0, which is produced by this process.
摘要:
A toner is comprised of toner particles composed of at least a binder resin and a clorant, wherein the toner particles each have a coating layer formed on their surfaces in a state of particulate matters being stuck to one another. The particulate matters contains at least a silicon compound.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a toner which forms a high quality image, which is stable in various environments, i.e. under high humidity, or low temperature and low humidity conditions, and has a fine particle diameter as well as a sharp particle size distribution, and to a process for producing the same. The toner contains at least a binder resin and a colorant, and has (i) a number average particle diameter of from 0.5 to 6.0 .mu.m, (ii) the coefficient of variation of number distribution of not more than 20%, and (iii) a methanol-soluble resin component in an amount of 0.01-10% based on the weight of the toner, and the methanol-soluble resin component contains a polymer composition having an organic acid group, and an acid value of from 50 to 600 mgKOH/g.
摘要:
A process for producing toner particles is conducted by:preparing toner precursor particles containing at least binder resin and coloring agent; andspherizing the toner precursor particles to obtain toner particles;wherein spherizing steps include;(1) dispersing the toner precursor particles in an aqueous medium containing a dispersant, thereby preparing a disperse system (a);(2) dispersing oil droplet particles containing a softening agent into an aqueous medium, thereby preparing a disperse system (b);(3) preparing a mixed disperse system (c) by adding the disperse system (a) to the disperse system (b), and causing the softening agent to be absorbed by the toner precursor particles in the mixed disperse system (c); and(4) removing the softening agent from the toner precursor particles.
摘要:
A toner for developing electrostatic images is formed from toner particles containing at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax. The binder resin comprises a vinyl polymer component and a polyester component. The binder resin contains 40-99 wt. % of a component A, 0-20 wt. % of a component B, and 0-60 wt. % of a component C, the components B and C providing totally 1-60 wt. % of the binder resin. The component A comprises low- and medium-molecular weight components having molecular weights of below 10.sup.6, and the component B comprises high-molecular weight components having molecular weights of at least 106, respectively, based on a chromatogram obtained by gel permeation chromatography of a tetrahydrofuran (THF)-soluble component of the binder resin, and the component C is a THF-insoluble component of the binder resin. The GPC chromatogram of the THF-soluble component of the binder resin exhibits a main peak in a molecular weight region of 3.times.10.sup.3 -5.times.10.sup.4. The toner particles have a shape factor SF-1 of 100-160 and a shape factor SF-2 of 100-140.
摘要:
A toner for electrophotography contains at least a colorant and a binder resin, and (i) contains 0.1 to 15 parts by weight of colorant per 100 parts by weight of binder resin, (ii) has a number average particle size of 0.5 to 6.0 .mu.m, (iii) has a coefficient of variation of 20% or less based on a number distribution, and (iv) has a capsule structure containing a shell layer and a core. The toner has solvent-mixture-soluble resin components extracted with a solvent mixture of ethanol and methyl ethyl ketone wherein the maximum glass transition temperature (Tg1) of a first soluble resin component obtained by extracting until 10% by weight of the total weight of the solvent-mixture-soluble resin components, and the maximum glass transition temperature (Tg2) of a second soluble resin component of the remainder satisfy the following relations: Tg1>Tg2 and Tg1.gtoreq.50.degree. C.
摘要:
Provided are a toner containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, the toner having a specific hue angle and an absorbance at a specific wavelength in reflectance spectrophotometry, and a full-color image-forming method involving the use of the toner, the method including the steps of: forming an electrostatic image on a charged electrostatic image bearing member; developing the formed electrostatic image with the toner to form a toner image; transferring the formed toner image onto a transfer material; and fixing the transferred toner image to the transfer material to form a fixed image.
摘要:
The present invention provides: a toner kit having a deep toner and a pale toner which are separated from each other, wherein: the deep toner and the pale toner satisfy prescribed conditions for an L*a*b* color coordinate system where a* represents a hue in the red-green direction, b* represents a hue in the yellow-blue direction, and L* represents a lightness; the pale toner and the deep toner to be used in the toner kit; and a method for forming an image using the toner kit. Thus, the present invention can form a high quality image, while suppressing graininess and roughness over the areas covering from the low density area to the high density area.
摘要翻译:本发明提供:具有相互分离的深调色剂和淡调色剂的调色剂试剂盒,其中:深色调色剂和淡调色剂满足L * a * b *色坐标系的规定条件,其中a表示 红绿色方向的色调b *表示黄 - 蓝方向的色调,L *表示亮度; 调色剂盒中使用的淡色调色剂和深色调色剂; 以及使用调色剂试剂盒形成图像的方法。 因此,本发明能够形成高质量的图像,同时抑制从低密度区域到高密度区域覆盖的区域的颗粒性和粗糙度。
摘要:
The present invention provides a toner that exhibits excellent low-temperature fixing properties, offset resistance, and has excellent storage stability in a developing machine. The toner has, in a DSC curve obtained by measuring the toner with differential scanning calorimeter, a glass transition temperature (Tg1) measured in a first scan of 50.0 to 70.0° C. and a temperature difference (Tg1−Tg2) between the glass transition temperature (Tg1) measured in the first scan and a glass transition temperature (Tg2) measured in a second scan ranging from 3.0 to 20.0° C.