Abstract:
A toner comprising a binder resin and a near-infrared light absorbing material is provided. The toner in the form of a pellet has: a chroma C* of 20 or less in the L*C*h color space; a hue angle h of from 50 to 90 degrees in the L*C*h color space; and a spectral reflectance of 5% or less at a wavelength of from 800 to 900 nm.
Abstract:
A toner is provided. The toner comprises a maleic-acid-modified polyolefin having a polypropylene block in a main chain and having a weight average molecular weight of 60,000 or more.
Abstract:
A toner includes polyolefin and has an exothermic peak in a range from 40° C. to 70° C. in a cooling process of the polyolefin by the DSC after a first heating process of the polyolefin by DSC. The polyolefin does not have an exothermic peak in the cooling process of the polyolefin by the DSC after the first heating process of the polyolefin by the DSC, and has an exothermic peak in a range from 0° C. to 30° C. in a second heating process of the polyolefin by the DSC.
Abstract:
Provided is a toner including a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the colorant includes Solvent Red 49, and an acid value of the toner is 9.0 mgKOH/g or greater but 30.0 mgKOH/g or less.
Abstract:
A toner includes a europium complex represented by the following Chemical formula where A represents 2-naphthyl group, 2-naphthyl group having a substitution group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, and a halogen, R represents a fluoroalkyl group having one to three carbon atoms or a methyl group, and R1, R2, R3, and R4 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups, or aryl groups, wherein the toner has a hydroxyl value of from 20 to 40 mgKOH/g.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image bearer, an electrostatic latent image former, a developing device, a transfer device, and a fixing device. The electrostatic latent image former forms an electrostatic latent image on the electrostatic latent image bearer. The developing device develops the electrostatic latent image with a developer to form a toner image. The transfer device transfers the toner image on a recording medium. The fixing device fixes the toner image on the recording medium. The developer contains an adhesive medium and foamable particles.
Abstract:
To provide a toner (X), which contains toner particles, each toner particle contains: a core phase (Q) containing a crystalline resin (A); and a shell phase (S) provided on a surface of the core phase (Q), where the shell phase (S) contains a crystalline polyurethane resin (B), wherein maximum peak temperature (Ta) of heat of melting of the crystalline resin (A) is 40° C. to 70° C., and maximum peak temperature (Tu) of heat of melting of the crystalline polyurethane resin (B) is 50° C. to 90° C.
Abstract:
A carrier for developing electrostatic latent images includes a core material; and a covering layer formed of a resin comprising an electroconductive particulate material, overlying the core material, wherein the covering layer includes the electroconductive particulate material in an amount of from 58 to 73% by weight and has a resistivity of from 6.6 to 8.6 Ωcm, and wherein the carrier has a high-brightness contrast part at an areal ratio less than 1% and 40 to 90% based on total area thereof at an acceleration voltage of 0.8 KV and 2.0 KV, respectively in an FE-SEM reflection electron image of the surface thereof.
Abstract:
Provided is a resin for a toner, which is a copolymer including a crystalline segment, and having a maximum elastic stress value at 100° C. (ES-100) of 1,000 Pa or less, and a maximum elastic stress value at 70° C. (ES70) of 1,000 Pa or greater when the temperature is lowered from 100° C. to 70° C., where the maximum elastic stress values are measured according to a large amplitude oscillatory shear procedure.
Abstract:
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.