摘要:
The present invention relates to a magnetic carrier for an electrophotographic developer comprising spherical magnetic composite particles comprising a phenol resin as a binder and ferromagnetic iron oxide particles bonded to each other through the phenol resin, wherein the spherical magnetic composite particles have a ten-point mean roughness Rz of 0.3 to 2.0 µm. The magnetic carrier for an electrophotographic developer according to the present invention exhibits an excellent durability against peeling-off and abrasion of coating resins formed thereon and a high stability to mechanical stress exerted onto the carrier, is free from occurrence of spent toner, can be stably held over a long period of time without occurrence of fogging and unevenness in density of toner images, and can keep high-quality images with an excellent gradation for a long period of time.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a magnetic carrier for an electrophotographic developer comprising spherical magnetic composite particles comprising a phenol resin as a binder and ferromagnetic iron oxide particles bonded to each other through the phenol resin, wherein the spherical magnetic composite particles have a ten-point mean roughness Rz of 0.3 to 2.0 µm. The magnetic carrier for an electrophotographic developer according to the present invention exhibits an excellent durability against peeling-off and abrasion of coating resins formed thereon and a high stability to mechanical stress exerted onto the carrier, is free from occurrence of spent toner, can be stably held over a long period of time without occurrence of fogging and unevenness in density of toner images, and can keep high-quality images with an excellent gradation for a long period of time.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a magnetic carrier for an electrophotographic developer comprising spherical composite particles comprising spherical composite core particles comprising at least ferromagnetic iron oxide fine particles and a cured phenol resin and having an average particle diameter of 1 to 100 µm, and a melamine resin coating layer formed on the respective core particles, wherein a ratio of R 100 to R 300 (R 100 /R 300 ) in which R 100 is an electric resistance value as measured when applying a voltage of 100 V to the magnetic carrier; and R 300 is an electric resistance value as measured when applying a voltage of 300 V to the magnetic carrier, is controlled to lie within the range of 1 to 50. The magnetic carrier according to the present invention is capable of maintaining an adequate electric resistance value upon development, providing images having an excellent image quality, exhibiting a good durability, obtaining a good reproducibility of uniform solid image portions having a high image density, and keeping high quality images having an excellent gradation for a long period of time.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to suppress the adhesion of a carrier to an image bearing member and the generation of a flaw in the surface layer of the image bearing member, and to improve the dot reproducibility of an electrostatic latent image, and so on. The object is achieved by a two-component developer containing a magnetic carrier, which contains resin-containingmagneticparticles, in which the packed bulk density ρ1 is 0.80 to 2.40 and ρ1/ρ2 ( ρ2 represents true density) is 0.20 to 0.42 of the porous magnetic core particles, and a specific resistance of the porous magnetic core particles, an average breaking strength of the magnetic carrier and a toner surface tension constant in a 45-vol% aqueous solution of methanol measured by a capillary suction time method fall into the specific range, respectively.
摘要:
Improved carrier materials for use in electrophotographic processes and processes for producing such carrier materials are disclosed. The carrier materials feature a preferably conductive core coated with an first conductive layer and a second, insulative layer. The coating layers preferably comprise a fluoropolymer matrix or other triboelectrically chargeable substance or substances. In one embodiment the same fluoropolymer is used in the first and second coatings.
摘要:
A magnetic carrier constituting a two-component developer for use in an electrophotographic image forming method is formed of a carrier core comprising a first resin and magnetic fine particles dispersed in the first resin, and a second resin surface-coating the carrier core. (a) The magnetic carrier has a true specific gravity of 2.5 - 4.5, a magnetization σ 1000 as measured in a magnetic field of 1000x(10 3 /4π)·A/m (1000 oersted) of 15 - 60 Am 2 /kg (emu/g), a residual magnetization σ r of 0.1 - 20 Am 2 /kg (emu/g) and a resistivity of 5x10 11 - 5x10 15 ohm.cm. (b) The first resin has a polymer chain including a methylene unit (-CH 2 -). (c) The second resin has at least a fluoro-alkyl unit, a methylene unit (-CH 2 -) and an ester unit. (d) The carrier core is surface-coated with (i) a mixture of the second resin and a coupling agent having at least an amino group and a methylene unit, or (ii) a coupling agent having at least an amino group and a methylene unit, and then with the second resin.